As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on August 10, 2023

Registration No. 333-267378

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

AMENDMENT NO. 6

TO

FORM S-1

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

MN8 Energy, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Delaware	4931	87-4650748
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

1155 Avenue of the Americas, 27th Floor New York, NY 10036 (332) 245-4052

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

Jon Yoder

President and Chief Executive Officer 1155 Avenue of the Americas, 27th Floor New York, NY 10036 (332) 245-4052

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

Copies to:

Douglas E. McWilliams Sarah K. Morgan Jackson A. O’Maley Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.
845 Texas Avenue
Houston, TX 77002
(713) 758-2222 Gregory P. Rodgers Brittany D. Ruiz Latham & Watkins LLP
1271 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
(212) 906-1200

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after the effective date of this registration statement.

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The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

The information contained in this preliminary prospectus is not complete and may be changed. No securities may be sold until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This preliminary prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities, and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities, in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.

Subject to Completion. Dated                     , 2023

                    Shares

MN8 Energy, Inc.

Common Stock

This is an initial public offering of                 shares of common stock of MN8 Energy, Inc.

Prior to this offering, there has been no public market for shares of our common stock. It is currently estimated that the initial public offering price per share will be between $        and $        . Upon consummation of the initial public offering, and assuming an initial public offering price of $         per share (the midpoint of the immediately preceding price range), GSAM (as defined herein) will own approximately     % of our common stock, the Existing Owners (as defined herein) other than GSAM will own approximately     % of our common stock and investors in this offering will own approximately     % of our common stock. We intend to list our common stock on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) under the symbol “MNX”.

See “Risk Factors” beginning on page 37 to read about risks you should consider before buying shares of our common stock.

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

	Per Share	Total
Initial public offering price	$	$
Underwriting discount	$	$
Proceeds, before expenses, to us	$	$

(1) See the section titled “Underwriting (Conflicts of Interest)” for additional information regarding compensation payable to the underwriters.

To the extent that the underwriters sell more than                    shares of common stock, the underwriters have a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional                    shares of common stock from us at the public offering price less underwriting discounts and commissions.

The underwriters expect to deliver the shares of common stock against payment therefor on or about                    , 2023.

Book-Running Managers

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC BofA Securities J.P. Morgan HSBC Wells Fargo Securities

Jefferies Wolfe | Nomura Alliance

Co-Managers

TD Cowen KeyBanc Capital
Markets SOCIETE
GENERALE Drexel
Hamilton Siebert Williams
Shank

Prospectus dated                , 2023

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Prospectus

Basis of Presentation	ii
Market and Industry Data	ii
Trademarks and Trade Names	iii
Certain Definitions	iii
Prospectus Summary	1
Risk Factors	37
Cautionary Language Regarding Forward-Looking Statements	76
Use of Proceeds	80
Dividend Policy	81
Capitalization	82
Dilution	83
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	85
Business	124
Management	149
Executive Compensation	161
Internalization Transaction and Corporate Reorganization	183
Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions	187
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management	192
Description of Capital Stock	194
Shares Eligible for Future Sale	199
Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations for Non-U.S. Holders of Our Common Stock	201
Certain ERISA Considerations	206
Underwriting (Conflicts of Interest)	210
Legal Matters	220
Experts	220
Additional Information	220
Index to Financial Statements	F-1

You should rely only on the information contained in this prospectus and any free writing prospectus prepared by us or on behalf of us or the information which we have referred you. Neither we nor the underwriters have authorized anyone to provide you with information different from that contained in this prospectus and any free writing prospectus. We take no responsibility for, and can provide no assurance as to the reliability of, any other information that others may give you. We and the underwriters are offering to sell shares of common stock and seeking offers to buy shares of common stock only in jurisdictions where offers and sales are permitted. The information in this prospectus is accurate only as of the date of this prospectus, regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus or any sale of the common stock. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since that date.

This prospectus contains forward-looking statements that are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control. Please see “Risk Factors” and “Cautionary Language Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.”

Through and including                     , 2023 (the 25th day after the date of this prospectus), all dealers effecting transactions in our shares, whether or not participating in this offering, may be required to deliver a prospectus. This requirement is in addition to the dealers’ obligation to deliver a prospectus when acting as an underwriter and with respect to an unsold allotment or subscription.

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BASIS OF PRESENTATION

Unless otherwise indicated, the historical financial and operating information presented in this prospectus is that of MN8 Energy LLC (f/k/a Goldman Sachs Renewable Power LLC), our “predecessor” for financial reporting purposes, and its subsidiaries. Prior to the closing of this offering, MN8 Energy LLC will become a wholly owned subsidiary of MN8 Energy, Inc., a newly incorporated Delaware corporation formed for the purpose of effectuating this offering and the transactions related thereto.

All existing holders of limited liability company interests of MN8 Energy LLC will become holders of shares of common stock of MN8 Energy, Inc., as described under the heading “Internalization Transaction and Corporate Reorganization.” In this prospectus, we refer to the merger of MergerCo, a wholly owned subsidiary of MN8 Energy, Inc. into MN8 Energy LLC, with MN8 Energy LLC surviving such merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of MN8 Energy, Inc., as the “Merger,” to the exchange by an affiliate of GSAM (as defined herein) of an incentive interest in the nature of a profits interest in OpCo (as defined herein) for shares of common stock of MN8 Energy, Inc. in connection with the Merger as the “Special Interest Exchange,” and to the Merger and Special Interest Exchange and all related transactions as the “Corporate Reorganization.” We expect that the Corporate Reorganization will not have a material effect on our consolidated financial statements.

Unless otherwise indicated, references in this prospectus to our financial information on a “pro forma basis” refer to the historical financial information of MN8 Energy LLC, as adjusted to give pro forma effect to (i) the Internalization Transaction (as defined herein), (ii) the Corporate Reorganization and (iii) this offering and the application of the net proceeds from this offering as if they had been completed as of January 1, 2022, in the case of statement of operations data, and (x) the Corporate Reorganization and (y) this offering and the application of the net proceeds from this offering as if they had been completed as of June 30, 2023, in the case of balance sheet data.

For historical non-controlling interests associated with OpCo, net income was allocated in the consolidated statements of members’ equity first in an amount equal to the OpCo Incentive Allocation (as defined herein) held by GSAM that was earned during the reporting period, with the remaining income allocated using the profit and loss percentages contained in the OpCo LLC Agreement (as defined herein). The non-controlling interest associated with OpCo is expected to be eliminated in connection with the Corporate Reorganization. For additional information regarding the OpCo Incentive Allocation and the transactions pursuant to which it was eliminated, see the section of this prospectus titled “Internalization Transaction and Corporate Reorganization.”

The financial information and certain other information presented in this prospectus have been rounded to the nearest whole number or the nearest decimal. Therefore, the sum of the numbers in a column may not conform exactly to the total figure given for that column in certain tables in this prospectus. In addition, certain percentages presented in this prospectus reflect calculations based upon the underlying information prior to rounding and, accordingly, may not conform exactly to the percentages that would be derived if the relevant calculations were based upon the rounded numbers or may not sum due to rounding.

MARKET AND INDUSTRY DATA

Certain market and industry data and forecasts used in this prospectus have been obtained from the following independent industry publications or reports: BloombergNEF, International Council on

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Clean Transportation, RE100, S&P Global Market Intelligence, Solar Energy Industries Association, Target Sustainability Strategy and Wood Mackenzie.

Some market data and statistical information contained in this prospectus are also based on management’s estimates and calculations, which are derived from our review and interpretation of publicly available industry publications, our internal research and our knowledge of the markets in which we currently, and will in the future, operate. This information involves a number of assumptions and limitations, and you are cautioned not to give undue weight to such information. Although we believe these third-party sources to be reliable, we have not independently verified the data obtained from these sources and we cannot assure you of the accuracy or completeness of the data. Forecasts and other forward-looking information obtained from these sources are subject to the same qualifications and uncertainties as the other forward-looking statements in this prospectus. Statements as to our market position are based on market data currently available to us, as well as management’s estimates and assumptions regarding the size of our markets within our industry. While we are not aware of any misstatements regarding our industry data presented herein, our estimates involve risks and uncertainties and are subject to change based on various factors, including those discussed under the headings “Risk Factors” and “Cautionary Language Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” in this prospectus. Neither we nor the underwriters can guarantee the accuracy or completeness of such information contained in this prospectus.

TRADEMARKS AND TRADE NAMES

We own or have rights to various trademarks, service marks and trade names that we use in connection with the operation of our business. This prospectus may also contain trademarks, service marks and trade names of third parties, which are the property of their respective owners. Our use or display of third parties’ trademarks, service marks, trade names or products in this prospectus is not intended to, and does not imply a relationship with, or endorsement or sponsorship by us. Solely for convenience, the trademarks, service marks and trade names referred to in this prospectus may appear without the ^®, TM or SM symbols, but such references are not intended to indicate, in any way, that we will not assert, to the fullest extent under applicable law, our rights or the rights of the applicable licensor to these trademarks, service marks and trade names.

CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

As used in this prospectus, unless the context otherwise requires the terms “we,” “us,” “our,” the “company” and like terms refer (i) prior to the Corporate Reorganization, to MN8 Energy LLC, our predecessor for financial reporting purposes, and (ii) subsequent to the Corporate Reorganization, to MN8 Energy, Inc., of which MN8 Energy LLC will at such time be a wholly owned subsidiary. In addition, the terms below that are used frequently in this prospectus have the following meanings:

• “AssetCo” refers to our subsidiary, AssetCo, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, that will develop, procure, construct, finance, operate and own HPC EV Stations in connection with the Mercedes-Benz Joint Ventures (as defined herein);

• “BNEF” refers to the BloombergNEF;

• “C&I” refers to commercial and industrial solar energy and energy storage projects with a generating capacity of between one and fifty megawatts which can either serve our customers on-site (also referred to as “behind the meter”) or deliver electricity to the grid. C&I is also referred to throughout this prospectus as “distributed generation” and “middle-market”;

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• “CAISO” refers to California Independent System Operator;

• “CCA” refers to a community choice aggregation program;

• “CCGT” refers to combined cycle gas turbines;

• “CCUS” refers to carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration;

• “CERCLA” refers to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act;

• “Code” refers to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended;

• “Corporate Reorganization” refers to the Merger, the Special Interest Exchange and all related transactions;

• “COVID-19” refers to the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV);

• “Curtailment” refers to the reduction of output of a project below what it could have otherwise produced by its off-taker, interconnecting transmission owner, or regional transmission organization, or ISO. A project’s delivery of electricity may be subject to curtailment or other restrictions for various reasons, including for system maintenance or reliability and stability purposes, over-generation, or due to transmission limitations, congestion, emergencies, or force majeure circumstances. Curtailment may be compensated in certain circumstances under a project’s PPA and may be uncompensated in other circumstances;

• “CWA” refers to the Clean Water Act;

• “Derby Acquisition” refers to the acquisition, completed on June 20, 2023, of the remaining 50.0% ownership interest in the Hercules project, a 200 MW solar asset situated in California, as further described in “Prospectus Summary—Recent Developments—NES Acquisition and Derby Acquisition”;

• “DriveCo” refers to Mercedes-Benz HPC North America LLC (formerly known as DriveCo, LLC), a Delaware limited liability company, in which we hold a minority equity interest, that will lease the HPC EV Stations developed and owned by AssetCo in connection with the Mercedes-Benz Joint Ventures;

• “DSW” refers to Desert Southwest;

• “EHS” refers to environmental, health and safety;

• “EIA” refers to United States Energy Information Administration;

• “ERISA” refers to Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended;

• “EV” refers to electric vehicle;

• “Executive officers” or our “officers” refers to our executive officers following the Internalization Transaction, who, prior to the Internalization Transaction, provided their services to us under the terms of the Management Services Agreement (as defined herein) with Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P.;

• “Existing Owners” refers to the existing holders of limited liability company interests of MN8 Energy LLC, including GSAM;

• “FATCA” refers to the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act;

• “FERC” refers to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission;

• “Fleet” refers to the operating projects or projects under construction that we own and excludes projects in our development pipeline;

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• “GS” refers to Goldman Sachs Group;

• “GSAM” refers to Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. and its affiliates, including the Special Interest Member;

• “GW” refers to gigawatt, or one billion watts of electric capacity;

• “GWh” refers to gigawatt hour, a measure of electric output equivalent to one billion watts generated per hour;

• “HLBV” refers to hypothetical liquidation at book value;

• “Hoshine” refers to Hoshine Silicon Industry Co. Ltd.;

• “HPC EV Stations” refers to high power EV charging stations and associated infrastructure;

• “ITC” refers to the investment tax credit under Section 48(a) and 48E of the Code;

• “IOUs” refers to Investor-Owned Utilities;

• “kWh” refers to kilowatt hours, a measure of electric output equivalent to one thousand watts generated per hour;

• “LCOE” refers to BNEF’s global Levelized Cost of Electricity benchmark for solar projects;

• “LIBOR” refers to London Interbank Offered Rate;

• “Mercedes-Benz Joint Ventures” refers to the AssetCo and DriveCo joint ventures and other related agreements which were entered into with Mercedes-Benz Investment Company, an affiliate of Mercedes-Benz AG, to jointly construct, own and operate high powered EV charging stations and associated infrastructure in strategic locations throughout the United States and Canada as further described in “Prospectus Summary—Recent Developments—Mercedes-Benz Joint Ventures”;

• “Merger” refers to the merger of MergerCo, a wholly owned subsidiary of MN8 Energy, Inc. into MN8 Energy LLC, with MN8 Energy LLC surviving such merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of MN8 Energy, Inc.;

• “MN8 Energy” refers to MN8 Energy, Inc., issuer of the common stock offered hereby;

• “MN8 Energy LLC” refers MN8 Energy LLC (f/k/a Goldman Sachs Renewable Power LLC);

• “MW” refers to megawatts, or one million watts of electric capacity;

• “MWh” refers to megawatt hours, a measure of electric output equivalent to one million watts generated per hour;

• “NEPA” refers to the U.S. National Environmental Policy Act;

• “NES Acquisition” refers to the acquisition, completed on November 18, 2022, of a portfolio of certain projects, which include a portfolio of solar assets from an affiliate of New Energy Solar, as further described in “Prospectus Summary—Recent Developments—NES Acquisition and Derby Acquisition”;

• “New Revolving Credit Facility” refers to the $450.0 million revolving credit facility we entered into on February 3, 2023;

• “O&M” refers to operations and maintenance;

• “OpCo” refers to MN8 Energy Operating Company LLC (f/k/a Goldman Sachs Renewable Power Operating Company LLC), our subsidiary through which we currently operate our business and assets;

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• “OpCo Incentive Allocation” refers to the Special Interest Member’s right to receive incentive distributions from OpCo that equate to a percentage of Core Operating Profit, as further described in “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions—OpCo LLC Agreement”;

• “OpCo LLC Agreement” refers to the Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of OpCo, dated August 4, 2022;

• “Operating projects” refers to solar energy and energy storage systems that have reached commercial operations and are producing and/or storing electricity;

• “OSHA” refers to Occupational Safety and Health Act, as amended;

• “PJM” refers to PJM Interconnection;

• “PPA” refers to power purchase agreements, the contracts pursuant to which we sell electricity to customers. We refer to solar energy and/or energy storage systems that have signed PPAs as “contracted” and solar energy and/or energy storage systems without signed PPAs as “uncontracted”;

• “Predecessor” or “our predecessor” refers to MN8 Energy LLC (f/k/a Goldman Sachs Renewable Power LLC), our predecessor for financial reporting purposes;

• “Projects in our development pipeline” or our “pipeline” refer to those solar energy, EV charging and energy storage projects that we own or have entered into a binding agreement to acquire, which have land rights for the project site or have signed or filed for an interconnection agreement, or both, but are neither in operation nor under construction;

• “Projects under construction” refer to solar energy and energy storage systems where we have begun construction but have not yet reached commercial operations;

• “PTC” refers to the production tax credit under Section 45 and 45Y of the Code;

• “PV” refers to photovoltaic;

• “QBI” refers to Quality Business Intelligence;

• “RECs” refers to renewable energy certificates or credits, which are renewable energy attributes that are created under the laws of individual states of the United States;

• “RPS” refers to Renewable Portfolio Standards;

• “SEIA” refers to the Solar Energy Industries Association;

• “SOFR” refers to the secured overnight financing rate;

• “Special Interest” refers to the incentive interest in the nature of a profits interest in OpCo, which includes the OpCo Incentive Allocation prior to its termination in connection with the closing of the Internalization Transaction;

• “Special Interest Exchange” refers to the exchange by the Special Interest Member of the Special Interest for shares of MN8 Energy common stock in connection with the Corporate Reorganization;

• “Special Interest Member” refers, prior to the Corporate Reorganization and the consummation of this offering and the transactions related thereto, to GSAM Holdings II LLC and, immediately thereafter, to MN8 Energy, Inc.;

• “SREC” refers to solar renewable energy certificates or credits, which are renewable energy attributes that are created under the laws of individual states of the United States;

• “Subscription Facility” refers to the revolving credit facility we entered into on February 22, 2018, with HSBC Bank USA, N.A. which was fully repaid and terminated in connection with our entry into the New Revolving Credit Facility;

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• “TWh” refers to terawatt hours, a measure of electric output equivalent to one trillion watts generated per hour;

• “UBTI” refers to “unrelated business taxable income”;

• “Uplift” refers to the year-over-year increase in the MWh produced by a solar energy or energy storage system relative to its MWh production prior to repair, enhancement or other improvement;

• “Utility-scale” refers to utility-scale solar energy and energy storage systems with a generating capacity of over fifty megawatts that deliver energy to the grid;

• “U.S.” refers to the United States or the United States of America;

• “UC Regents” refers to The Regents of the University of California;

• “USRPHC” refers to a United States real property holding corporation;

• “VIEs” refer to variable interest entities;

• “WoodMac” refers to Wood Mackenzie, a global research consultancy business for the natural resources industry; and

• “XUAR” refers to the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.

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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

This summary highlights selected information that is presented in greater detail elsewhere in this prospectus. This summary does not contain all of the information you should consider before investing in our common stock. You should read this entire prospectus carefully, including the sections titled “Risk Factors,” “Cautionary Language Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and our consolidated financial statements and the related notes included elsewhere in this prospectus, before making an investment decision. The information presented in this prospectus assumes, unless otherwise indicated, that the underwriters do not exercise their option to purchase additional shares of common stock.

Company Overview

We are a renewable energy company. Our mission is to serve enterprise customers by providing the renewable energy and related services that these customers need on their journey to an electrified, decarbonized world. To achieve this mission, we generate renewable energy with our fleet of solar projects and are able to store energy in our fleet of battery projects, in each case tailored to the needs of individual enterprise customers. In 2022, we were one of the largest independent solar energy and energy storage power producers in the U.S. and one of the top 5 largest solar and storage asset owners overall in the U.S., based on the total gross capacity of our projects that were operating according to S&P Global Market Intelligence. As of June 30, 2023, our fleet was composed of over 875 projects spread across 28 states with an aggregate capacity of approximately 2.9 gigawatts (“GW”) of operating and under construction solar projects and approximately 270 megawatts (“MW”) of operating battery storage projects. We have a blue-chip set of over 200 enterprise customers, many of whom have bold decarbonization objectives, which we believe will provide us with many add-on commercial opportunities in the years to come.

2022 Top 5 U.S. Independent Solar and Storage Energy Producers by Capacity (GW)

(Includes Operating Solar Assets and Energy Storage Capacity)

Source: MN8 Energy metrics as of December 31, 2022, other metrics from S&P Global Market Intelligence as of December 31, 2022.

(1) Includes operating solar assets and 0.3 GWAC energy storage capacity.

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Our Story

We were founded inside of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. in 2017. At the time, significant declines in the cost of solar modules and equipment had suddenly resulted in a new economic reality: that energy could be produced from the sun in many parts of the U.S. at the same or lower prices as energy produced from fossil fuels. Solar energy also held the distinct advantage of being able to be produced with mature technology that could be deployed in almost any location and in customized sizes. Concurrently, many leading private and public sector enterprises began setting ambitious targets for reducing their carbon emissions. We anticipated that these enterprise customers, which include corporations, federal, state and municipal entities, universities, colleges and school districts, communities (through community choice aggregation programs (“CCAs”)), and utilities, would increasingly prefer to purchase solar energy that was produced on site or in proximity to where these customers were located as a means to lower their cost of energy, meet their carbon reduction targets and exert more control over where and how their energy was being produced. We believed that this provided an opportunity for us to disrupt the energy industry by owning and operating the solar energy facilities needed to meet these customer desires.

We envisioned that over time, as technology improved and costs came down, enterprise customers would want additional renewable energy infrastructure and services, as they adjusted to an electrified, decarbonized world. For example, adding battery storage to solar projects has the potential to capture excess solar power production during daylight hours and provide customers with renewable energy during more hours of the day, as well as to provide resiliency from power outages and the ability to participate in grid services programs. At the time, we did not know when battery storage would become economically viable, but we believed that focusing on long-term contractual relationships with customers would give us the runway to capture these opportunities. Today, with the decline in the cost of battery modules, we are seeing strong customer interest in adding battery storage to solar projects. Looking into the future, we believe that many enterprise customers will soon want to add electric vehicle (“EV”) charging at their facilities as vehicle fleets convert from internal combustion engines to electric motors. We believe that our customer and project footprint is well-positioned to capture these opportunities as well.

Our Business Model

Produce long-term contracted cash flows with high credit quality enterprise customers.     Our business model is to develop, own and operate renewable energy assets that serve enterprise customers while simultaneously producing attractive cash flow for our investors by selling energy, storage and related services to high credit quality customers under long-term contracts, typically at fixed prices. The average remaining capacity-weighted life of our existing operational contracts (exclusive of our storage operations) is approximately 14 years as of the date of this prospectus. Our renewable energy generation fleet is currently comprised exclusively of solar projects. We have focused on solar because it is a mature technology that produces a much lower expected energy production volatility than other renewable energy technologies such as wind turbines. The combination of long-term, typically fixed price contracts, limited technology risk and lower energy production volatility from our generation fleet results in recurring revenue and more predictable cash flow for our investors.

Place renewable energy assets in locations where they are likely to have long-term value.     We seek to locate our renewable energy assets in locations where we believe they will have a higher value, such as places that have higher prevailing power prices, have strong and consistent solar irradiance, offer additional revenue streams such as renewable energy credits (“RECs”) or have more

barriers to operation or development of competing assets. Scaling our fleet of assets in certain desirable markets also provides us with economies of scale in those markets, including more efficient

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staging of spare parts to reduce project down time and better pricing and faster response times from local vendors who provide services to our fleet.

Actively manage our renewable energy assets to maximize revenue, minimize expenses and harness technological improvements.     We are intensely focused on our fleet of solar energy and energy storage systems. Our plant operations center continuously seeks to enhance revenue through proactive performance monitoring, customized preventative maintenance schedules and system design improvements, while our power markets and commodities team seek additional revenue sources, such as qualifying our assets for an additional incentive program or marketable capability. We also seek to minimize the expenses of operating our assets, such as by leveraging our increasing scale to drive better vendor pricing, utilizing the strength of our balance sheet to eliminate security deposit requirements and working with local authorities to manage property tax liabilities. In addition, we constantly scout and evaluate new or improved technologies that we can incorporate to either increase revenues or reduce expenses. For example, we have incorporated a program of periodic flyovers of our solar arrays by either planes or drones to perform thermal imaging analysis that can identify underperforming or internally damaged solar modules. With this information we can improve revenue by replacing or repairing affected solar modules. Another example is our use of improved inverter technology that allows us to perform more routine trouble shooting items remotely from our plant operations center, thereby eliminating the expense of sending a technician to the site.

Finance renewable energy assets with long-term debt designed to minimize refinancing and interest rate risk.     With long-term, fixed-price contracts and minimal technology risk, we have developed a clean and simplified approach to financing large and diversified project portfolios with primarily low-cost, long-term, fixed-rate fully amortizing debt accessed through the institutional green bond market. This approach allows for financial flexibility to incorporate tax-equity financings at the project level while also increasing debt capacity every year—with $475.5 million amortizing over the next five years. As of June 30, 2023, our total debt (excluding discounts and premiums) was $2,247.6 million. Of this amount, approximately 27.9% is project-level, fully-amortizing debt which we expect to pay off in full by 2041. To manage medium-term development and construction needs, we utilize our $500.0 million Warehouse Facility that matures in 2026.

Leverage our customer relationships to provide additional renewable energy and related services as their decarbonization goals advance.     We believe that there is significant value embedded in our direct customer relationships. Customers are using renewable energy for only a fraction of their total energy needs, providing us with an opportunity to scale our relationship. We also see customers increasingly focused on the transition to EVs, and we believe this focus will continue in part due to the EV tax credits for new and used EVs contained in the Inflation Reduction Act. Additional EVs will require both additional charging infrastructure as well as increased on-site energy. We believe that many of our existing and potential future customers will want to use renewable energy to power their EV charging infrastructure. In many cases, the ability to store power in batteries will be helpful or required in order to provide the power needed to charge EVs and add a resiliency solution in the face of potential grid reliability issues. Demonstrating our commitment to meeting the evolving needs of our customers, we have partnered with ChargePoint and entered into the Mercedes-Benz Joint Ventures to address the growing market for EV charging infrastructure. We believe that these trends will provide us with an opportunity to offer renewable energy, EV charging infrastructure and batteries on a bundled or individual basis to service our customers.

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Our Team

To execute our business, we have built a team composed of approximately 290 professionals by combining accomplished personnel from Goldman Sachs with extensive investment, finance and commodity expertise with seasoned personnel from the renewable energy industry with extensive expertise spanning the renewable project life-cycle, including project development, engineering and design, procurement, construction oversight, operations and maintenance (“O&M”) oversight, and asset management. We believe this combination of skill sets, drawn from world class institutions, is a key differentiator and sets the foundation for success. Our team deploys a differentiated approach to developing, owning and operating renewable projects utilizing a purpose-built, end-to-end software solution. At our inception, there were no third-party platforms or software packages that allowed us to track a project from origination through operation and to optimize performance. As such, we partnered with Quality Business Intelligence (“QBI”) to develop such a platform. The QBI software provides us with a data-driven operating system that improves efficiency and decision making through automation, strengthens data integrity and enhances performance by providing powerful data analytics. The skill and experience of our team, combined with the QBI operating system, has been crucial to building a robust pipeline of both development and acquisition opportunities and operating our portfolio with a high level of availability, strong performance and thoughtful expense management.

We have experienced significant growth. The chart below shows the growth of our fleet since our inception, both in total capacity and operating revenues.

Note: June 30, 2023 revenues reflect trailing twelve months.

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Current Operations

As of June 30, 2023, our fleet consists of approximately 2.7 GW of operating and 0.2 GW of under construction solar projects as well as approximately 270 MW of operating energy storage projects. The fleet is strategically located primarily in places with well established, deregulated electricity markets and having strong support for renewable energy, often through renewable power generation requirements or targets. It is also primarily located in places with high prevailing power prices and barriers to operation or development of competing assets. These barriers include limited available land for development of energy projects, limited transmission capacity or formidable regulatory hurdles. We believe that strategic locations of our fleet preserve and build long-term value.

Our fleet is diversified with projects located across over 875 project sites in 28 U.S. states and anchored by long-term off-take agreements with over 200 enterprise customers. We believe that the geographic dispersion of the fleet, including scaled presences on both U.S. coasts supports more consistent financial performance by reducing the impact of adverse regional weather patterns and natural disaster events. It also reduces the impact of adverse regulatory or market changes made by a particular state or regional transmission organization. Our large roster of enterprise customers is a mitigant to individual customer credit risk. The solar modules, inverters, racking and other equipment used in our fleet are also diversified by manufacturer which we believe meaningfully limits our exposure to serial manufacturing defects and design risks. We are purposeful in creating significant diversification across many metrics in an effort to produce greater financial stability with our fleet.

In originating our fleet, we are focused on the needs of our enterprise customers. We do not define our focus as “utility-scale” or “C&I” or “distributed generation” projects. Rather, we recognize that our customers have a wide range of needs including both smaller scale, on-site power generation, such as rooftop, canopy or carport projects, and larger scale, off site power generation, such as ground mounted projects covering many acres of land. As a result of our customer driven approach, our fleet comprises a wide range of sizes for customized solutions.

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The following map provides an overview of our current fleet as of June 30, 2023:

The following pie charts provide an overview of our fleet’s customer characteristics as of June 30, 2023:

Customer Type (% by Total MW) Customer Credit Quality (% by Total MW) PPA Term Remaining (% by Total MW)

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Note: “Shadow IG” refers to unofficial investment grade ratings that are not publicly announced. Excludes less than 1% of Not Rated customers. Customer credit ratings are only shown for operating assets.

In addition to our current fleet, we have a large, diversified pipeline of projects in development. As of June 30, 2023, the projects in our development pipeline had an aggregate capacity of approximately 5.1 GW, which is made up of approximately 3.7 GW of solar generation projects, approximately 1.3 GW of energy storage projects and 2,700 EV charging ports. These projects are primarily located in well-established, deregulated electricity markets with strong support for renewable energy, that have characteristics similar to those of our current fleet, supporting the creation of long-term value. The projects in our pipeline are in various stages of the development process. Among our total pipeline of projects, we expect approximately 85 MW to reach Notice to Proceed (“NTP”) by December 31, 2023. These projects, along with the approximately 202 MW of solar and storage projects that are under construction as of June 30, 2023 represent the primary pathway to our EBITDA growth over the next two years. The other approximately 5.0 GW of projects in our pipeline are expected to reach NTP after December 31, 2023. We are targeting commercial operation of these projects between 2024 and 2029, with up to 304 MW of projects expected to reach commercial operation in 2023 and 2024, which would result in a 10% increase in our operating and under construction MWs.

Our Market Opportunity

Today, the demand for sustainable, efficient, and reliable electricity in the U.S. continues to accelerate as governments and corporations establish renewable targets and decarbonization goals. We expect electricity generated by renewables to not only replace that generated by the burning of fossil fuels, but also to be utilized to meet growing electricity demand as transportation, heating, and cooking—all once powered primarily by fossil fuels—are electrified.

Solar is the fastest growing form of new electricity generation in the U.S. According to the Solar Energy Industries Association (“SEIA”), installed solar capacity in the U.S. has experienced an average annual growth rate of 33% in the past decade. During each of the last nine years, solar has been either the first or second source of new electric capacity additions. In 2021, 46% of all new electric capacity added to the grid came from solar, the largest such share in history and the third year in a row that solar added the most generating capacity to the grid. We believe the growth of solar installations is poised to continue. According to BloombergNEF (“BNEF”) in an October 2022 report, the U.S. had approximately 73 GW of combined utility-scale and commercial and industrial (“C&I”) solar capacity as of 2020 and capacity is expected to grow by 320 GW to approximately 390 GW, or approximately 15%, implying an approximately 17% compound annual growth rate (“CAGR”) by 2030. These new capacity additions represent the total addressable market (“TAM”) for our renewable generation business, with the charts below demonstrating the expected incremental growth in capacity expected year-over-year and the overall expected growth of our key focus areas.

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2021–2030 Cumulative U.S. Utility-Scale and C&I Solar Capacity Additions (GW)

Source: BloombergNEF, second half of 2022 U.S. Renewable Energy Market Outlook.

Growth in U.S. Total Addressable Market

(MW or Number of Chargers)

Source: BloombergNEF, second half of 2022 U.S. Renewable Energy Market Outlook, first half of 2023 Energy Storage Market Outlook; International Council on Clean Transportation, Charging up America: Addressing the Growing Need for U.S. Charging Infrastructure through 2030, as of July 2021.

National governments have encouraged the ongoing energy transition, setting ambitious climate targets and providing attractive incentives for renewable energy producers. The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “Inflation Reduction Act”) positions the U.S. to reach net-zero emissions by no later than 2050 through a combination of investments in the domestic production of solar panels and batteries,

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extensions and expansions of existing tax credits and providing capital to innovative green technologies.

In particular, the Inflation Reduction Act (i) extended the ITC for solar to at least 2032, providing significant runway and certainty on the tax incentives that will be available to our projects in the future, (ii) expanded the ITC to include stand-alone energy storage projects so that such storage projects may claim the ITC without being integrated into a solar facility, (iii) allowed solar to claim the PTC that is a production based credit that extends for 10 years following the placed in service date of the facility, which provides for greater flexibility for different financing structures, including having a solar plus storage project take advantage of the PTC for solar and the ITC for storage, (iv) revised tax credits for EV charging infrastructure and new EVs and introduced tax credits for used EVs and commercial EVs, and (v) introduced the concept of transferability of tax credits, providing an additional option to monetize such credits. We believe the Inflation Reduction Act will increase demand for our services due to the extensions and expansions of various tax credits that are critical for financing our business and may provide more flexibility in the various financing structures we can now use while also providing more certainty in and visibility into the supply chain for materials and components for solar and energy storage systems. However, the impact of the Inflation Reduction Act cannot be known with any certainty and we may not achieve any or all of the expected benefits of Inflation Reduction Act.

The commercial enterprise solar market continues to be boosted by corporate clean energy and decarbonization goals. According to a Wood Mackenzie (“WoodMac”) report for SEIA, C&I renewable demand in the U.S. is expected to drive approximately 10 to 13 GW of new solar generation from 2022 through 2026.

The number of companies making commitments to clean energy has also been growing steadily, increasing the size of the market opportunity. RE100, a global initiative that brings together corporations committed to sourcing 100% of their energy needs from renewable sources by or before 2050, has grown from 13 members at the end of the year of its founding in 2014, to 417 members by August 2023, and includes a number of Fortune 500 companies that are already our customers. This organization alone represents hundreds of annual terawatt hours (“TWh”) of demand for renewable energy, and it is estimated that RE100 members’ renewable energy demand will exceed supply by as much as 290 TWh by 2030 without significant investment in additional renewable energy supply. Further, less than 1% of commercial electricity demand is served by on-site solar according to SEIA, as of December 31, 2022. This shortfall, combined with low-levels of market penetration for on-site solar creates a huge opportunity for further growth in the segment.

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RE100 Member Companies Cumulative Growth (number of members at year-end)

Source: RE100 as of August 8, 2023.

Projected Renewable Shortfall for RE100 Members

Source: BloombergNEF Bloomberg Terminal, The Climate Group, company sustainability reports, RE100 as of December 2022.

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Commercial Solar Installations and Forecasts, 2020–2027

Source: SEIA/Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables U.S. Solar Market Insight Report, 2022 Q4.

As solar module prices have continued to fall, commercial solar installations have grown rapidly and have diversified to include everything from rooftop systems, solar parking canopies, and large off-site installations. Average commercial system sizes have also been growing over time, primarily driven by falling prices and more financing flexibility. With corporate renewable and decarbonization goals continuing to increase, we believe this growth in average system size is likely to continue.

In addition to the diversification in types of solar installations, enterprises are also increasingly looking for solar systems paired with battery storage. According to SEIA, by 2025, nearly 30% of all behind-the-meter solar systems will be paired with storage, compared to less than 11% in 2021. Larger scale solar projects are also more frequently being paired with storage, with over 45 GW of commissioned or announced projects paired with storage, representing over 50 GWh of storage capacity. In an analysis of long-term projected capacity additions through 2050 done by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (“EIA”), large-scale battery storage energy capacity is projected to grow to 235 GWh (59 GW power capacity of four-hour duration systems) by 2050, which would include 153 GWh (38 GW) of storage paired with solar. In the nearer term, BNEF expects the U.S. to add approximately 42 GW of utility-scale and approximately 2 GW of C&I storage capacity between 2021 and 2025. We consider this to be our TAM for battery storage during this time period.

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2021–2025 Forecasted Cumulative U.S. Storage Capacity (GWh)

Source: BloombergNEF, first half of 2023 Energy Storage Market Outlook.

As major auto manufacturers have committed to electrification, we believe that EV charging presents a significant opportunity to serve enterprise customers. Due to rising policy and customer support, new battery technologies and lower costs, we believe the next 20 years will bring significant changes as EVs reshape automotive and freight industries. This will also bring a substantial need for EV charging infrastructure, as fleet operators and businesses prepare for this transition. Although the EV charging market is relatively new, the significant increase in projected EV sales in the near-term illustrates the growing need for EV charging infrastructure. BNEF estimates that by 2025, EV’s share of new passenger vehicle sales will be nearly 23%, compared to 8.7% in 2021. To support the additional EVs on the road, the annual investment required in EV charging infrastructure will need to increase from approximately $1 billion in 2021 to greater than $4 billion by 2030, according to the International Council on Clean Transportation. This investment will likely be aided by the tax credit for EV charging infrastructure, as modified by the Inflation Reduction Act. The chart below illustrates the number of non-home EV chargers that are expected to be needed to meet demand through 2030.

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Non-home EV Chargers

Source: International Council on Clean Transportation, Charging up America: Addressing the Growing Need for U.S. Charging Infrastructure through 2030, as of July 2021.

Key Growth Drivers

We believe the key factors that will continue to drive growth in U.S. solar generation include the following:

• increasing economic competitiveness of solar with fossil generation sources;

• accelerating demand for and deployment of cost effective battery energy storage;

• growing corporate and investor support for decarbonization of energy;

• government policies and incentives, including Renewable Portfolio Standards (“RPSs”), which require that a certain percentage of electricity come from renewable energy resources; and

• the Inflation Reduction Act, which incentivizes investment in renewable power and related technologies through a combination of investments in the domestic production of solar panels and batteries, extensions and expansions of existing tax credits, new tax credits, an option to transfer tax credits and providing capital to innovative green technologies.

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Our Competitive Strengths

We have several key competitive strengths that differentiate us from our peers, including:

Differentiated partner for our customers.     In 2022, we were one of the largest independent solar energy and energy storage power producers in the U.S. and one of the top 5 largest solar and storage asset owners overall in the U.S., based on the total gross capacity of our projects that were operating according to S&P Global Market Intelligence. Our role as a large, stable asset owner provides us with advantages in attracting off-takers who know that we will be the long-term owner of the asset and not someone whose business model is to “develop and flip” or whose capital base will require a divestiture prior to the end of the off-take contract. We have found this consistency in counterparty to be important to our customers. We believe this has been key in enabling us to win projects and has earned us a reputation among customers as a credible developer and owner and made us a partner of choice. We believe these key qualities are part of the reason that approximately 48% of our customers have more than one project contracted with us as of June 30, 2023. Our reputation as a successful developer has also allowed us to expand our product offerings to meet our customer needs. Customers and potential customers are looking to us for support in developing products beyond solar and storage given our successful development track record. The recent Mercedes-Benz Joint Ventures provides an example of this ability to be a differentiated partner to our customers.

Our customers are diverse and creditworthy, which reduces the risk of our portfolio.     Our over 200 customers are corporations, federal, state and municipal entities, universities, college, and school districts, communities (through CCAs), and utilities. Some are among the largest and most creditworthy entities in the world. As of June 30, 2023, approximately 91% of our contracted operational MWs are with investment grade rated customers, approximately 7% are with unrated customers whose credit risk we view as equivalent to investment grade, and approximately 1% are from community solar, a credit diversified portfolio. The combination of this counterparty diversification and high credit quality reduces the risk of defaults and allows us to maximize the predictability of our cash flows over the long term.

Strong balance sheet provides ability to deliver on commitments.     We typically enter into solar generation contracts with a term of 15 years or longer. The average remaining capacity-weighted life of our existing operational contracts (exclusive of our storage operations) is approximately 14 years as of the date of this prospectus. These long-term contracts with our diverse and highly-rated customers create consistent cash flows that have allowed us to build a strong balance sheet and the financial wherewithal to deliver on our commitments to customers and for our long-term growth. We have a repeat track record of financing large and diversified project portfolios through the institutional green bond market. Since 2019, we have executed $1.3 billion of financings in the green bond market, including $252 million in senior secured notes due 2047 that were issued in April 2022. These financings are fixed rate and fully amortizing, with a 25-year tenor, and a weighted average cost of debt of 3.4%. They represent some of the lowest costs ever achieved in the green bond market. In addition, this strategy has mitigated both interest rate and refinancing risk. As we focus on 100% ownership of our projects, these larger financings allow for a more simplified capital structure with increased flexibility for tax-equity financings and capital capacity due to their self-amortizing debt. In addition, in May 2023, we entered into the New Revolving Credit Facility, with initial aggregate commitments of $450.0 million. Borrowings under the New Revolving Credit Facility are scheduled to mature on February 3, 2028.

Industry-leading operator of solar assets.     We believe our team’s intense focus on details has allowed us to outperform customer expectations while remaining cost-conscious, which we believe will generate value for our shareholders. From our plant operations center, our asset operations team closely monitors our assets and continually pursues opportunities to optimize costs, while our technical team monitors asset performance and pursues opportunities to enhance project performance. These

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teams, and our origination and project management teams, leverage QBI, an industry-leading asset management software and valuable tool we use to manage and optimize our portfolio. Some examples of our operational capabilities include:

• creation of an algorithm to estimate soiling on solar modules based on geographical information, meteorological conditions and the most recent cleansing rainfall. This information is used to inform decisions on when to perform washings of solar modules to maximize energy production and has led to a 3% Uplift in production in applicable projects;

• re-engineering of solar projects in areas that experience regular seasonal snowfall to limit the potential for damaging spikes in electric current that can occur when solar irradiance is magnified by reflections from snow cover which has led to a 1% Uplift in applicable projects; and

• development of data analytics to uncover correlations that can be used to predict and avoid equipment failures which has led to a 0.7% Uplift in applicable projects.

Exceptional team with experience across the renewable asset life-cycle.     Our team of approximately 290 highly-skilled professionals combines investing, finance and commodities expertise with renewable energy industry expertise across all phases of a project’s lifecycle: development, engineering and design, procurement, construction oversight, O&M oversight, and asset management. These in-house capabilities provide execution certainty to our customers. Collectively, our team has over 800 years of experience in the renewable energy industry and has developed or operated over 200 GW of projects. The expertise of our team has also allowed us to find opportunities where we can invest capital for a higher rate of return than we might find in a one-off project. We have embraced a “Land and Expand” strategy that leverages existing infrastructure and customers to introduce further product offerings and add significant value to existing assets. A few selected examples of this include:

• asset upsizing and retrofitting: when CAISO began to require load serving entities to produce capacity, we brought a solution to one of our customers by adding an additional battery. This asset enhancement is strongly accretive to the underlying solar project. As a result, we were also able to enter into a long-term tolling agreement with one of the customers;

• adding revenue streams: we developed an innovative solution to reduce electricity costs and carbon emissions, and to qualify for California’s low-carbon fuel standard (“LCFS”) credits. By leveraging existing energy infrastructure as well as state and federal decarbonization incentives, we created significant value for the customer; and

• expanding relationship with an existing customer: from 2019 to early 2021, we increased our project count with one of our key customers from eight to 18 projects. The customer is a subsidiary of a Fortune 10 company and has approximately 500 retail locations in North America. The majority of our projects with this customer are located in California. Our position as a first-mover in providing solar and storage solutions drove our ability grow the relationship. In addition to delivering carbon-reduction benefits, these projects have produced savings for our customer versus grid prices and provide resiliency through the added storage.

Our Growth Strategy

Executing on our pipeline of projects in development.     We have a robust pipeline of existing projects in various stages of development. As of June 30, 2023, the pipeline of pre-operational projects was made up of 3.7 GW of solar projects, 1.3 GW of energy storage projects and 2,700 EV charging ports. This represents projects that are pre-construction. We have a strong track record of executing on

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projects in our pipeline to accomplish our growth objectives. In addition, we will look to continuously grow our pipeline going forward by adding projects sourced both from development and merger and acquisition opportunities.

Continue to grow business with existing customer base.     As our customers continue to decarbonize their businesses, we strive to be their go-to providers for energy transition solutions, capturing the market share of some of the largest enterprise customers and finding opportunities for cross-sell opportunities. In order to fulfill our mission of serving our customers and assisting them in their energy-transition journey to an electrified, decarbonized world, we maintain an ongoing dialogue with our existing customers in order to understand their current and anticipated future energy needs and look to position ourselves to help them find the most efficient and relevant solutions. We believe that many customers will want more renewable energy and battery storage. Our existing long-term contractual relationships with our customers provides both the relationship and the runway to meet these needs. Many of our existing customers have committed to decarbonization goals that will require them to procure more of their power from renewables in the coming years, creating additional opportunities for us to partner. As an example, Target, which is one of our larger corporate customers, has committed to purchasing 100% of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030. The projects and partnerships it has put in place to source this electricity have resulted in Target purchasing approximately 52% of its electricity from renewable sources in 2021, leaving substantial capacity still to be sourced by 2030 according to Target’s 2022 Target Environmental, Social and Governance Report.

Growth of potential customer base.     The number of enterprise customers seeking to decarbonize their operations continues to accelerate. As an example of this growth, RE100, a global initiative that brings together corporations committed to sourcing 100% of their energy needs from renewable sources by or before 2050, has grown from 13 members at the end of the year of its founding in 2014, to 417 members as of August 2023. Our business development team is focused on growing our customer base through participating in requests for proposals and developing new relationships with these customers through bilateral dialogue. Our successful track record and reputation as an industry-leading operator positions us well to win new business against other competitors in the space.

Expansion of product offerings.     We recognize our customers’ needs are evolving beyond solar energy power purchase agreements and we expect to meet their needs in adjacent areas. As we consider areas for product and service expansion, we will continue to look for opportunities that meet the following key attributes: scalability, strong margins and growth runway, recurring revenue, long-term value and products and services where we have a competitive advantage. As customers are increasingly seeking reliability and resiliency in their renewable energy procurement, we are continuing to grow our battery storage portfolio and offer our customers various energy storage solutions. We are also developing solutions for EV infrastructure needs such as charging stations for enterprise fleets and customer and employee use. We view both of these product offerings as having the key attributes that are core to our business strategy. In particular, we view EV charging infrastructure as a service that has synergies with our existing generation and storage business as our customers view it as part of a comprehensive solution, alongside renewable generation and storage, that will allow them to pursue decarbonization of this full application.

In March 2022, we announced our first partnership in the EV infrastructure space, a key milestone for our growth plans in this product area. We have entered into a Project Development Agreement (“PDA”) with ChargePoint, Inc. (NYSE:CHPT) (“ChargePoint”), a leading EV charging network, to introduce new tailored solutions that will allow us to offer comprehensive EV charging

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solutions to enterprise customers. The PDA establishes a framework through which we will jointly originate and develop EV charging station project opportunities with ChargePoint. We will own the project assets, be responsible for the financing of the assets, engage and liaise with the customers. ChargePoint will supply the EV charging equipment and certain cloud-based application services and provide certain warranty, operations and maintenance services for the charging stations. This partnership will allow us to provide turnkey charging solutions, which will enable our customers to host a station at zero upfront cost to them. The partnership aligns with our goal to provide customers with a broader variety of solutions to meet their evolving decarbonization needs. These new offerings will make it easier for enterprise customers to electrify their fleets, and for employers and businesses to provide the increasing number of employees and customers driving EVs with on-site charging solutions. Under the terms of the PDA, we have the option to commit capital to developing EV charging station projects and will do so as opportunities arise. To date, we have deployed an immaterial amount of capital in developing such projects.

On January 4, 2023, we entered into definitive documentation with MBIC, an affiliate of Mercedes-Benz AG, to jointly construct, own and operate HPC EV Stations in strategic locations throughout the United States and Canada through the AssetCo joint venture. The Mercedes-Benz Joint Ventures contemplate the development of more than 400 HPC EV Stations with approximately 2,700 charging points by the end of 2027. The HPC EV Stations will be an open network available for use by Mercedes-Benz and non-Mercedes-Benz customers through the DriveCo joint venture. For additional information, please see “Prospectus Summary—Recent Developments—Mercedes-Benz Joint Ventures.”

In addition, we are evaluating a variety of emerging technologies in order to continue to meet our enterprise customers’ needs. For example, we may expand our product offerings with clean hydrogen facilities and, when such technology becomes available, 24/7 clean energy solutions for our enterprise customers.

Recent Developments

Mercedes-Benz Joint Ventures

On January 4, 2023, we entered into definitive documentation with Mercedes-Benz Investment Company (“MBIC”), an affiliate of Mercedes-Benz AG, to jointly construct, own and operate high power EV charging stations and associated infrastructure (“HPC EV Stations”) in strategic locations throughout the United States and Canada through the AssetCo joint venture described below. The Mercedes-Benz Joint Ventures (as defined herein) contemplate the development of more than 400 HPC EV Stations with approximately 2,700 charging points by 2027, of which the first HPC EV Stations will come online by late 2023. The HPC EV Stations will be an open network available for use by Mercedes-Benz and non-Mercedes-Benz customers through the DriveCo joint venture described below. The AssetCo joint venture, the DriveCo joint venture and other related agreements are collectively referred herein to as the “Mercedes-Benz Joint Ventures.”

To support the Mercedes-Benz Joint Ventures, we and MBIC have agreed to commit an aggregate of approximately $538.5 million to a subsidiary we formed, AssetCo LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“AssetCo”), through the earlier of (i) December 31, 2029 or (ii) the completion of

more than 400 HPC EV Stations (the “Roll Out Plan”), and an aggregate of approximately $631.7 million to a subsidiary formed by MBIC, Mercedes-Benz HPC North America LLC (formerly known as DriveCo, LLC), a Delaware limited liability company (“DriveCo,” and, together with AssetCo, LeaseCo (as defined herein), MBIC, MN8 Energy LLC and their respective affiliates and subsidiaries, the “MB JV Parties”), through the fifteenth anniversary of the consummation of the Mercedes-Benz

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Joint Ventures (the “Commitment Period”). Our commitments to AssetCo and DriveCo total approximately $557.1 million (of which $430.8 million is for AssetCo), and the board of directors of each of AssetCo and DriveCo will control the timing of the capital calls and deployment of capital with respect to each entity, subject to then-applicable budgets. We expect to fund such commitments with equity contributions, pro rata based on our expected ownership of the respective entities, and a debt facility entered into by a wholly owned subsidiary of MN8 Energy, in an amount not to exceed 80% of our AssetCo capital contributions. As of June 30, 2023, we have funded an aggregate of $43.0 million to AssetCo and DriveCo. Our AssetCo capital contributions are guaranteed by OpCo in an amount up to our total AssetCo capital commitment. To the extent available, we will utilize AssetCo’s operating cash flows to fund its budgeted capital expenditures and satisfy its contractual obligations. Any such amounts or obligations for which operating cash flows are not sufficient to fund or satisfy will be funded by capital contributions by us and MBIC or our respective affiliates. AssetCo will make distributions of excess cash (which will be reduced by cash reserves necessary to make payments with respect to budgeted items and to maintain compliance with applicable law or contractual obligations) on a quarterly basis, provided that the board of directors of AssetCo may cause distributions to be made on a more frequent basis. Following the earlier of (i) the expiration of the Commitment Period or (ii) the completion of all committed capital contributions, DriveCo will make contributions of excess cash on an annual basis, provided that the board of directors of DriveCo may cause distributions to be made on a more frequent basis.

As part of our Mercedes-Benz Joint Ventures we have committed to hiring or seconding a minimum of 50 people by the end of 2023 who will be fully focused on this venture, of which, 41 have been hired as of June 30, 2023.

For additional information regarding the risks associated with the Mercedes-Benz Joint Ventures, please see “Risk Factors—The Mercedes-Benz Joint Ventures are joint ventures and our investments could be adversely affected by our lack of sole decision-making authority and restrictions on transfer relating to the Mercedes-Benz Joint Ventures. The Mercedes-Benz Joint Ventures may also impair our operating flexibility and subject us to risks not present in our other investments that involve co-ownership” and “Risk Factors—We may be unable to identify and acquire sites for the development of HPC EV Stations and to successfully develop those HPC EV Stations at all or at the scale expected for the Mercedes-Benz Joint Ventures.”

NES Acquisition and Derby Acquisition

On November 18, 2022, the Company acquired a portfolio of certain projects (the “NES Acquisition”), which include a portfolio of solar assets of approximately 442 MW situated in California, Nevada, North Carolina and Oregon with an affiliate of New Energy Solar (“NES”). On June 20, 2023, the Company acquired the remaining 50.0% ownership interest in the Hercules project, a 200 MW solar asset situated in California (the “Derby Acquisition”). The table below illustrates the revenues and

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operating expenses, excluding depreciation and amortization expense, associated with such projects, as well as our ownership interest in each such project.

Project	The Company’s Ownership Interest(1)			Project Revenues(2) Year Ended December 31, 2022 (in thousands)		Project Operations and maintenance expenses, excluding depreciation, amortization and accretion(2) Year Ended December 31, 2022 (in thousands)
IS-31/IS-47/Rigel		100.0	%	$	13,700	$	4,100
GFS/SSCA		99.9	%		16,500		5,300
Hercules		100.0	%		25,800		4,400
BSP		49.0	%		12,200		3,700

(1) Represents the Company’s net ownership interest in the entity holding the relevant project, excluding tax equity ownership interests in each project (other than the IS-31/IS-47 Projects, which are no longer subject to tax equity investments).

(2) Represents the total revenues and operations and maintenance expenses, excluding depreciation, amortization and accretion of the applicable project. While we consolidate the results of the IS-31, IS-47, Rigel, GFS, SSCA, and Hercules projects in our financial statements, we have determined that our investment in the BSP project is accounted for under the equity method of accounting. Thus the full extent of the project revenues and expenses attributable to BSP will not be included in our consolidated revenues and expenses.

The aggregate purchase price for the NES Acquisition was approximately $254.8 million in cash. We have received additional capital contributions from the Existing Owners that were used to fund the NES Acquisition. The aggregate purchase price for the Derby Acquisition was approximately $53.0 million in cash and the assumption of $197.5 million of debt.

Internalization Transaction

Prior to August 4, 2022, we did not have any employees but had rather been externally managed by Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. (“GSAM”), a wholly owned subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (“GS”). GSAM is a highly diversified global investment management firm supervising over $2.5 trillion in assets as of June 30, 2023. With more than 2,000 professionals across 31 offices worldwide, GSAM provides investment and advisory solutions for institutional and individual investors across multiple asset classes.

Under a management services agreement (the “Management Services Agreement”), GSAM historically dedicated to us a team of approximately 100 professionals with extensive experience spanning transaction sourcing and financial analysis, power markets and physical asset analysis in the solar industry. In addition to this dedicated team, GSAM had risk management, legal, accounting, tax, information technology and compliance personnel, among others, who provided services to us. Under the Management Services Agreement, GSAM was entitled to certain administrative fees and management fees for the services provided to us. See “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions—Management Services Agreement.”

In addition, under the terms of the limited liability company agreement of MN8 Energy Operating Company LLC (f/k/a Goldman Sachs Renewable Power Operating Company LLC) (“OpCo”), GSAM Holdings II LLC (the “Special Interest Member”) holds the Special Interest, which for periods prior to the closing on August 4, 2022, of the Internalization Transaction described below included the right to receive

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the OpCo Incentive Allocation, the value of which was based on certain operational and financial metrics as further described in “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions—OpCo LLC Agreement.”

On May 18, 2022, we entered into an agreement (the “Internalization Agreement”) with OpCo, MN8 Energy, GSAM and the Special Interest Member to engage in an internalization transaction (“Internalization Transaction”), which we closed on August 4, 2022. Pursuant to the Internalization Transaction, among other things:

• the Management Services Agreement was terminated and GSAM is no longer entitled to management fees or administrative fees from us;

• we agreed to directly or indirectly employ the approximately 100 professionals previously employed by GSAM that were dedicated to our business under the Management Services Agreement;

• we entered into a transition services agreement with MN8 Energy, OpCo and GSAM that provides for the provision of certain administrative services by GSAM to MN8 Energy, OpCo and us for a specified period of time following the closing of the Internalization Transaction;

• the OpCo Incentive Allocation was terminated;

• OpCo and its subsidiaries made an aggregate payment of $30 million (less $3.0 million in cash signing bonuses to be paid to former GSAM employees) to the Special Interest Member and affiliates thereof, and $4 million of such payment was credited against, and reduced, the purchase price payable to GSAM Holdings LLC (“GSAM Holdings”) pursuant to the QBI Solutions Share Purchase Agreement;

• the parties agreed that, in connection with the Corporate Reorganization, the Special Interest will be exchanged (the “Special Interest Exchange”) by the Special Interest Member for a number of shares of common stock of MN8 Energy (the “Special Interest Shares”) calculated in the manner further described in “Internalization Transaction and Corporate Reorganization,” which calculation is derived from an implied equity value for our company before giving effect to this offering based on the initial public offering price per share set forth on the cover of this prospectus and takes into account prior distributions, including the cash payment to the Special Interest Member described above; using an assumed initial public offering price for our common stock of $                per share (the midpoint of the price range set forth on the cover of this prospectus), we would issue                  Special Interest Shares;

• we are subject to non-competition covenants under the Internalization Agreement, which may limit our operations in certain respects;

• the parties agreed that GSAM will have the right to one board seat until such time following the Corporate Reorganization as GSAM’s ownership of MN8 Energy’s common stock falls below five percent of the common stock then outstanding; and

• the parties agreed that The Regents of the University of California (the “UC Regents”) has the option to appoint a board observer until the earlier of (i) prior to the initial public offering, the UC Regents no longer owning 10% of MN8 Energy LLC or (ii) after the initial public offering, the UC Regents no longer owning 10% of MN8 Energy’s common stock.

Corporate Reorganization

MN8 Energy LLC (f/k/a Goldman Sachs Renewable Power LLC) was formed in Delaware on September 19, 2017. Prior to this offering, in the Merger, a wholly owned subsidiary of MN8 Energy, Inc. (“MN8 Energy”), a newly incorporated Delaware corporation formed for the purpose of effecting this offering and the transactions related thereto, will merge into MN8 Energy LLC, with MN8 Energy LLC

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surviving such Merger, and all outstanding limited liability company interests in MN8 Energy LLC will be exchanged for shares of common stock of MN8 Energy, with each member entitled to receive its pro rata portion of such shares of common stock based on such member’s rights to distributions from MN8 Energy LLC. In connection with the Merger and the Special Interest Exchange, an aggregate of              shares of common stock of MN8 Energy will be issued to the Existing Owners and the Special Interest Member of which, based on the an initial public offering price of $         per common share (the midpoint of the price range on the cover of this prospectus),              shares will be issued to the Existing Owners in the Merger and              shares will be issued to the Special Interest Member in the Special Interest Exchange. Following the Merger and the Special Interest Exchange, MN8 Energy will issue              shares of common stock to the public in this offering in exchange for the proceeds of this offering.

After giving effect to the Merger and the Special Interest Exchange, which we refer to as the “Corporate Reorganization,” the Internalization Transaction and the offering contemplated by this prospectus, and assuming no exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares:

• GSAM (including through the Special Interest Member) will own                of our shares of common stock, which, based on an initial public offering price of $         per share (the midpoint of the price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus), representing an aggregate illustrative value of approximately $         and approximately    % of the voting power thereof;

• the Existing Owners other than GSAM will own                of our shares of common stock, which, based on an initial public offering price of $         per share (the midpoint of the price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus), representing an aggregate illustrative value of approximately $         and approximately    % of the voting power thereof; and

• investors in this offering will own                of our shares of common stock, representing which, based on an initial public offering price of $         per share (the midpoint of the price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus), representing an aggregate illustrative value of approximately $         and     % of the voting power thereof.

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The following diagram indicates our simplified ownership structure immediately following the Internalization Transaction, the Corporate Reorganization and the consummation of this offering and the transactions related thereto (assuming the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares is not exercised).

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(1) Other Existing Investors includes the UC Regents, which we expect to own, based on the assumptions set forth above, shares of our Common Stock, representing an aggregate illustrative value of approximately $                 million and approximately     % of the voting power of our Common Stock.

The ownership figures set forth above assume an initial public offering price of $                per common share, which is the midpoint of the price range set forth on the cover of this prospectus. Any increase or decrease (as applicable) of the assumed initial public offering price will result in an increase or decrease, respectively, in the number of Special Interest Shares to be issued to GSAM, and an equivalent decrease or increase, respectively, in the number of shares of common stock to be received by the other Existing Owners of MN8 Energy LLC. Accordingly, any such change in our initial public offering price will not affect the aggregate number of shares of common stock held collectively by the Existing Owners (including GSAM) and the public. See “Internalization Transaction and Corporate Reorganization—Existing Owners’ Ownership.”

Summary Risk Factors

Investing in our common stock involves risks that relate to, among other things, our business, our dealers, market factors, governmental policies and regulation, competition, the pace of technological innovations, the credit risk of our customers, our ability to raise financing and the level of our indebtedness. The risks described under the heading “Risk Factors” included elsewhere in this prospectus may cause us not to realize the full benefits of our strengths or may cause us to be unable to successfully execute all or part of our strategy. Some of the most significant challenges and risks we face include the following:

Risks Related to Our Industry and Operations

• Changes to irradiance or weather conditions or increases in global temperatures at our solar facilities could materially adversely affect our operations.

• Supply and demand in the energy market is volatile, and such volatility could have an adverse impact on electricity prices and a material adverse effect on our assets, liabilities, business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flow.

• As our contracts expire, we may not be able to replace them with agreements on similar terms.

• We may not be able to obtain long-term contracts for the sale of power produced by our projects on favorable terms and we may not meet certain milestones and other performance criteria under existing PPAs.

• A portion of our operating revenues is attributable to the sale of SRECs and our failure to be able to sell such SRECs at attractive prices, or at all, could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operation.

• Disruptions in our supply chain for materials and components, alongside increased logistics costs, have adversely affected our business and may continue to do so.

• We face competition from traditional utilities and renewable energy companies.

• The amount of uncontracted generation in our portfolio may increase.

• We may experience equipment failure, including failures relating to solar panels and batteries.

• The solar energy systems we own have a limited operating history and may not perform as we expect.

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• We may not effectively manage the Internalization Transaction or realize the anticipated benefits thereof.

• The Mercedes-Benz Joint Ventures are joint ventures and our investments could be adversely affected by our lack of sole decision-making authority and restrictions on transfer relating to the Mercedes-Benz Joint Ventures. The Mercedes-Benz Joint Ventures may also impair our operating flexibility and subject us to risks not present in our other investments that involve co-ownership.

• We may be unable to identify and acquire sites for the development of HPC EV Stations and to successfully develop those HPC EV Stations at all or at the scale expected for the Mercedes-Benz Joint Ventures.

• We may not successfully integrate the assets acquired in or realize the benefits expected from acquisitions, including the NES Acquisition and the Derby Acquisition.

• If we choose to acquire or lend to projects before they are operational, we will be subject to risks associated with projects that remain under development or construction.

• Our business is concentrated in certain markets, putting us at risk of region-specific disruptions.

• We rely on computerized business systems, which could expose us to cyber-attacks.

Risks Related to Taxes and Regulations

• We may fail to comply with the conditions in, or may not be able to maintain, our governmental permits.

• Increases in the cost or reduction in supply of solar energy and energy storage system components due to tariffs or trade restrictions imposed by the U.S. government could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

• Change in existing regulatory requirements for solar facilities or a change in U.S. presidential administrations could adversely affect the regulatory landscape for renewable energy, including solar power.

• Changes in effective tax rates, or adverse outcomes resulting from other tax increases or an examination of our income or other tax returns, could adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition.

• If either (a) the solar energy systems in which we are invested cease to be qualifying property or are disposed of within five years of the applicable placed in service date of such property or (b) the IRS makes a determination that the tax basis of any such solar energy system is materially lower than what was reported on the applicable tax returns, we may have to pay significant amounts to the partnerships that own such solar energy systems, to any purchasers of ITCs, to our tax-equity investors, and/or to the U.S. government, and any such payment obligations could adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition.

• If 50% or more of the value of our stock is held by tax-exempt entities that each own at least 5% of our stock and we do not file a timely irrevocable election to not be treated as a tax-exempt entity under Section 168(h)(6) of the Code, it could adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition. If we do make such an election, tax-exempt entities that own our stock may face adverse tax consequences from owning our shares.

• U.S. federal income tax law is not clear regarding when our projects can be considered to have been “placed in service,” and we have obligations to indemnify some of our tax-equity investors if the IRS is successful in asserting that the relevant tax-equity fund did not place in service the

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system it owns. If we were required to make any payments as a result of this indemnity, it could adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition.

• The book value of our solar energy systems reflects in part the value attributable to the ITCs available to be claimed with respect to such systems, and any revaluation of such systems subsequent to the claiming of such ITCs—as a result of a sale of such systems or otherwise—would likely reflect an impairment reflective of the loss of such ITC value.

Risks Related to this Offering and Our Common Stock

• The requirements of being a public company, including compliance with the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, may strain our resources, increase our costs and distract management, and we may be unable to comply with these requirements in a timely or cost-effective manner.

• The initial public offering price of our common stock may not be indicative of the market price of our common stock after this offering. In addition, an active, liquid and orderly trading market for our common stock may not develop or be maintained, and our stock price may be volatile.

• Certain of the Existing Owners will hold a significant portion of the voting power of our common stock.

General Risk Factors

• The ongoing military action between Russia and Ukraine could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

• We may be exposed to uninsurable losses and may become subject to higher insurance premiums.

Before you invest in our common stock, you should carefully consider all the information in this prospectus, including matters set forth under the heading “Risk Factors.”

Corporate Information

Our principal executive offices are located at 1155 Avenue of the Americas, 27th Floor, New York, NY 10036, and our telephone number is (332) 245-4052. Our website address is www.mn8energy.com. Information contained on, or that can be accessed through, our website does not constitute part of this prospectus and inclusions of our website address in this prospectus are inactive textual references only.

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THE OFFERING

Issuer	MN8 Energy, Inc.
Common stock offered to the public	shares (                shares, if the underwriters exercise in full their option to purchase additional shares of our common stock).
Underwriters’ option	The underwriters have a 30-day option to purchase up to             additional shares of our common stock.
Common stock to be outstanding immediately after completion of this offering	shares (            shares, if the underwriters exercise in full their option to purchase additional shares of our common stock).
Voting rights	Each share of our common stock entitles its holder to one vote on all matters to be voted on by stockholders generally. See “Description of Capital Stock.”
Use of proceeds	We expect to receive net proceeds from the sale of shares of our common stock in this offering of approximately $             million, based on the initial public offering price of $             per share, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated expenses payable by us. Assuming that the underwriters option to purchase additional shares is exercised in full, we expect to receive net proceeds from the sale of shares of our common stock in this offering of approximately $            million, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us.
	We intend to use the net proceeds from this offering to fund approximately $275.0 million to $325.0 million of development and construction activities on our renewables, battery storage and EV charging pipeline projects through the end of 2025. We intend to use any remaining net proceeds for general corporate purposes, which may include opportunistically funding solar and energy storage acquisitions, the repayment of indebtedness and other strategic opportunities. Notwithstanding the generality of the foregoing, the principal purpose of this offering is to increase our capitalization and financial flexibility, create a public market for our common stock and increase our visibility in the marketplace.

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	Immediately after receipt of the net proceeds of this offering, management may use a certain amount to temporarily pay down the balance of the New Revolving Credit Facility to more efficiently manage the Company’s liquidity and minimize interest expense. As development and construction expenditures become due, management will then redraw capital from the New Revolving Credit Facility to fund said expenditures. After this offering, the New Revolving Credit Facility will bear interest for ABR Loans, at the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate, ranging from 0.50% to 0.75% (as each such capitalized term is defined in the Credit Agreement), for Term Benchmark Loans, at the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate plus the Applicable Rate, ranging from 1.50% to 1.75% (as each such capitalized term is defined in the Credit Agreement), or for RFR Loans, at the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR plus the Applicable Rate, ranging from 1.50% to 1.75% (as each such capitalized term is defined in the Credit Agreement) and matures in February 2028. See the section titled “Use of Proceeds” for additional information.
Dividend Policy	We do not anticipate declaring or paying any cash dividends to holders of our common stock in the foreseeable future. We currently intend to retain future earnings, if any, to finance our operations and the growth of our business. Our future dividend policy is within the discretion of our board of directors and will depend upon then-existing conditions, including our results of operations, financial condition, capital requirements, investment opportunities, statutory restrictions on our ability to pay dividends and other factors our board of directors may deem relevant. In addition, the agreements governing our indebtedness may place restrictions on our ability to pay cash dividends. See the section titled “Dividend Policy” for additional information.
Conflicts of Interest	Because affiliates of BofA Securities, Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and SG Americas Securities, LLC are lenders under our New Revolving Credit Facility and will receive 5% or more of the net proceeds of this offering due to the repayment of borrowings under our New Revolving Credit Facility, BofA Securities, Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC,

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HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and SG Americas Securities, LLC are deemed to have a conflict of interest within the meaning of Rule 5121 (“Rule 5121”) of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”). In addition, certain of our directors and officers were formerly employed by affiliates of Goldman Sachs & Co LLC prior to the Internalization Transaction. Because Goldman Sachs & Co LLC is an Underwriter in this offering, Goldman Sachs & Co LLC is deemed to have a “conflict of interest” under Rule 5121 of FINRA. Accordingly, this offering will be conducted in compliance with Rule 5121, which requires, among other things, that a “qualified independent underwriter” participate in the preparation of, and exercise the usual standards of “due diligence” with respect to, the registration statement and this prospectus. Jefferies LLC has agreed to act as a qualified independent underwriter for this offering and to undertake the legal responsibilities and liabilities of an underwriter under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), specifically including those inherent in Section 11 thereof. Jefferies LLC will not receive any additional fees for serving as a qualified independent underwriter in connection with this offering. We have agreed to indemnify Jefferies LLC against liabilities incurred in connection with acting as a qualified independent underwriter, including liabilities under the Securities Act. See “Underwriting (Conflicts of Interest)—Conflicts of Interest.”

Reserved Share Program

At our request, an affiliate of BofA Securities, Inc., a participating Underwriter, has reserved for sale, at the initial public offering price, up to 5.0% of the shares offered by this prospectus (the “Reserved Shares”) for sale to some of our directors, officers, employees, distributors, dealers, business associates and related persons. We do not know if these persons will choose to purchase all or any portion of these Reserved Shares, but if these persons purchase Reserved Shares it will reduce the number of shares available for sale to the general public. For more information, see “Underwriting (Conflicts of Interest).”

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Risk Factors	Please read “Risk Factors” for a discussion of risks that you should consider before investing in our common stock.
NYSE trading symbol	“MNX”

Except as otherwise indicated, all information above assumes that the shares of common stock offered hereby will be sold at the midpoint of the price range set forth on the cover of this prospectus. However, except as otherwise indicated, the information above does not assume or reflect the issuance of                  shares of common stock reserved for issuance under our long-term incentive plan (             of which are expected to be issued upon vesting of the Restricted Stock Units we intend to grant following this offering) and              shares of common stock reserved for issuance under our Employee Stock Purchase Program.

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SUMMARY HISTORICAL AND PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL AND OPERATIONAL DATA

The following summary historical and pro forma condensed consolidated financial data of MN8 Energy LLC (our “Predecessor”) should be read in conjunction with “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and “Internalization Transaction and Corporate Reorganization” and the consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto included elsewhere in this prospectus. Our Predecessor’s historical results are not necessarily indicative of our future results. The summary financial data in this section are not intended to replace the consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto included elsewhere in this prospectus and are qualified in their entirety by the consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto included elsewhere in this prospectus.

The summary unaudited pro forma consolidated statement of operations data of MN8 Energy for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and the year ended December 31, 2022 have been prepared to give pro forma effect to (i) the Internalization Transaction, (ii) the Corporate Reorganization and (iii) this offering and the application of the net proceeds from this offering as if they had been completed as of January 1, 2022. The summary unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated balance sheet data as of June 30, 2023 has been prepared to give pro forma effect to (i) the Corporate Reorganization and (ii) this offering and the application of the net proceeds of this offering as if they had been completed on June 30, 2023. The summary unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial data are presented for informational purposes only and should not be considered indicative of actual results of operations that would have been achieved had the Internalization Transaction, Corporate Reorganization and this offering been consummated on the dates indicated, and do not purport to be indicative of statements of financial position or results of operations as of any future date or for any future period. For more information, see “Unaudited Pro Forma Consolidated Financial Statements.”

	Historical (Predecessor)															Pro Forma (MN8 Energy)
	Six Months Ended June 30,						Year Ended December 31,									Six Months Ended June 30,	Year Ended December 31,
	2023			2022			2022			2021			2020			2023	2022
										(in thousands)
Consolidated Statements of Operations Data:
Operating revenues:
Operating revenues	$	192,709		$	178,310		$	360,845		$	294,441		$	272,684
Contract amortization		(26,454	)		(24,018	)		(49,799	)		(48,007	)		(51,297	)
Total operating revenues, net		166,255			154,292			311,046			246,434			221,387
Operating costs and expenses:
Operations and maintenance, excluding depreciation, amortization and accretion		41,042			24,694			57,426			41,670			33,844
Depreciation, amortization and accretion		62,026			53,994			110,749			78,884			58,824
Acquisition and development costs		8,765			1,219			11,042			21,473			—
Internalization costs		5,378			2,386			14,832			—			—
General and administrative		31,953			9,777			49,401			20,144			33,637

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	Historical (Predecessor)															Pro Forma (MN8 Energy)
	Six Months Ended June 30,						Year Ended December 31,									Six Months Ended June 30,	Year Ended December 31,
	2023			2022			2022			2021			2020			2023	2022
										(in thousands)
Related party management and administration fee		—			9,926			11,812			18,059			13,173
Total operating costs and expenses		149,164			101,996			255,262			180,230			139,478
Operating income		17,091			52,296			55,784			66,204			81,909
Other expense:
Interest expense, net		(57,553	)		(39,355	)		(95,770	)		(75,910	)		(82,667	)
Loss on extinguishment of debt		—			—			—			—			(9,771	)
Other income (expense), net		3,646			2,501			727			(7,885	)		(5,325	)
Income (loss) in equity investments, net		(2,954	)		—			5,088			—			—
Gain (loss) on sale-leaseback buyouts and terminated obligations		(684	)		6,465			8,519			—			—
Total other expense		(57,545	)		(30,389	)		(81,436	)		(83,795	)		(97,763	)
Net income (loss) before income taxes		(40,454	)		21,907			(25,652	)		(17,591	)		(15,854	)
Income tax benefit (expense)		15,857			(43,822	)		(19,311	)		(38,618	)		(4,481	)
Net loss		(24,597	)		(21,915	)		(44,963	)		(56,209	)		(20,335	)
Net income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interests and redeemable non-controlling interests		25,855			(73,084	)		(133,827	)		(230,845	)		(38,575	)
Net income (loss) attributable to members	$	(50,452	)	$	51,169		$	88,864		$	174,636		$	18,240
Net income (loss) per share attributable to shareholders
Weighted average shares used to compute net income (loss) per share

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	Historical (Predecessor)															Pro Forma (MN8 Energy)
	Six Months Ended June 30,						Year Ended December 31,									Six Months Ended June 30,	Year Ended December 31,
	2023			2022			2022			2021			2020			2023	2022
	(in thousands)
Condensed Consolidated Cash Flow Data:
Net cash provided by operating activities	$	19,481		$	56,618		$	129,655		$	125,760		$	140,763
Net cash used in investing activities	$	(133,432	)	$	(202,080	)	$	(564,016	)	$	(902,032	)	$	(567,492	)
Net cash provided by financing activities	$	137,813		$	9,464		$	244,490		$	991,589		$	476,105

	Historical (Predecessor)						Pro Forma (MN8 Energy)
	As of December 31,				As of June 30,		As of June 30,
	2022		2021		2023		2023
	(in thousands)
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet Data:
Total assets	$	4,850,595	$	4,236,950	$	5,211,301
Tax equity sale-leaseback, current portion	$	46,901	$	77,035	$	35,709
Long-term debt, current portion	$	356,345	$	451,742	$	91,445
Tax equity sale-leaseback, net of current portion	$	349,778	$	396,672	$	356,053
Long-term debt, net of current portion	$	1,872,869	$	1,609,067	$	2,128,811
Total liabilities	$	3,386,363	$	3,057,188	$	3,366,948
Redeemable non-controlling interests	$	52,219	$	28,393	$	56,315
Non-controlling interests	$	123,463	$	143,794	$	193,768
Accumulated other comprehensive income	$	1,147	$	—	$	612
Members’ equity	$	1,287,403	$	1,007,575	$	1,593,658
Total equity	$	1,412,013	$	1,151,369	$	1,788,038
Total liabilities, redeemable non-controlling interests and members’ equity	$	4,850,595	$	4,236,950	$	5,211,301

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

The table below discloses our non-GAAP measures of Adjusted EBITDA and Project Contribution Margin for the periods presented. Adjusted EBITDA and Project Contribution Margin are financial measures that we use, and that we believe investors and securities analysts use, in evaluating our operating performance. These measurements are not recognized in accordance with GAAP and should not be viewed as alternatives to GAAP measures of performance such as revenues or net income (loss). The presentation of these non-GAAP financial measures should not be construed to suggest that our future results will be unaffected by items excluded from the calculations of such measures but included in the comparable GAAP measures. In addition, our calculations of Adjusted EBITDA and Project Contribution Margin are not necessarily comparable to similarly titled non-GAAP measures disclosed by other companies.

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	Historical (Predecessor)										Pro Forma (MN8 Energy)
	Six Months Ended June 30,				Year Ended December 31,						Six Months Ended June 30,	Year Ended December 31,
	2023		2022		2022		2021		2020		2023	2022
					(in thousands)
Adjusted EBITDA	$	130,863	$	132,507	$	241,141	$	206,972	$	186,705
Project Contribution Margin	$	151,667	$	153,616	$	303,419	$	252,771	$	238,840

We define Adjusted EBITDA as net income (loss) before income tax expense (benefit), interest expense, net, depreciation, amortization and accretion, contract amortization, (gain) loss on sale-leaseback buyouts and terminated obligations, gain on sale of business, legal settlements, loss on extinguishment of debt, equity compensation, adjustments to reflect pro-rata share of Adjusted EBITDA from equity investments, restructuring costs and acquisition and development costs. The GAAP measure most directly comparable to Adjusted EBITDA is net income (loss).

Adjusted EBITDA reflects amounts for equity investments based on the same recognition and measurement methods used to record equity in earnings of equity investments. Adjusted EBITDA related to equity investments excludes the same items with respect to the unconsolidated affiliate as those excluded from the calculation of Adjusted EBITDA, such as interest expense, net, income tax (benefit) expense, depreciation, amortization and accretion, and other non-cash items. Although these amounts are excluded from Adjusted EBITDA related to equity investments, such exclusion should not be understood to imply that we have control over the operations and resulting revenues and expenses of such affiliates. We do not control our equity investments, therefore, we do not control the earnings or cash flows of such affiliates.

We believe Adjusted EBITDA is useful to management, investors and analysts in providing a measure of core financial performance adjusted to allow for comparisons of results of operations across reporting periods on a consistent basis. These adjustments are intended to exclude items that are not indicative of the ongoing operating performance of the business. Adjusted EBITDA is also used by our management for internal planning purposes, including our consolidated operating budget, and by our board of directors in setting performance-based compensation targets.

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The following table reconciles Adjusted EBITDA to net income (loss):

	Historical (Predecessor)															Pro Forma (MN8 Energy)
	Six Months Ended June 30,						Year Ended December 31,									Six Months Ended June 30,	Year Ended December 31,
	2023			2022			2022			2021			2020			2023	2022
										(in thousands)
Net loss	$	(24,597	)	$	(21,915	)	$	(44,963	)	$	(56,209	)	$	(20,335	)
Income tax expense (benefit)		(15,857	)		43,822			19,311			38,618			4,481
Interest expense, net		57,553			39,355			95,770			75,910			82,667
Depreciation, amortization, and accretion		62,026			53,994			110,749			78,884			58,824
Contract amortization(1)		26,454			24,018			49,799			48,007			51,297
(Gain) loss on sale-leaseback buyouts and terminated obligations		684			(6,465	)		(8,519	)		289			—
Gain on sale of business		—			(1,907	)		(2,145	)		—			—
Legal settlements		162			(2,000	)		(2,000	)		—			—
Loss on extinguishment of debt		—			—			—			—			9,771
Equity compensation		2,824			—			1,326			—			—
Adjustment to reflect pro-rata share of Adjusted EBITDA from equity investments		7,471			—			(4,061	)		—			—
Restructuring costs(2)		5,378			2,386			14,832			—			—
Acquisition and development costs(3)		8,765			1,219			11,042			21,473			—
Adjusted EBITDA	$	130,863		$	132,507		$	241,141		$	206,972		$	186,705

(1) Contract amortization represents the aggregate impact of amortizing on a straight-line basis the assets and liabilities from acquired PPAs for which the fair value has been determined to be significantly less (more) than market. For more information, see the section entitled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Principal Sources of Our Operating Revenues.”

(2) Restructuring costs includes costs relating to the Internalization Transaction and Corporate Reorganization. For more information, see the section entitled “Internalization Transaction and Corporate Reorganization.”

(3) Acquisition and development costs include costs associated with the acquisition, financing and development of our solar and energy storage systems.

We define Project Contribution Margin as gross margin, adding contract amortization and depreciation, amortization and accretion expense, less operations and maintenance, excluding depreciation, amortization and accretion. The GAAP measure most directly comparable to Project Contribution Margin is gross margin. We believe Project Contribution Margin is useful to management, investors and analysts in providing a measure of our asset-level operating performance. Project Contribution Margin is also useful to our management in that it allows for evaluation of performance on a project-by-project basis, the results of which management can utilize to prioritize marketing decisions and cost reduction measures.

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The following table reconciles Project Contribution Margin to gross margin:

	Historical (Predecessor)															Pro Forma (MN8 Energy)
	Six Months Ended June 30,						Year Ended December 31,									Six Months Ended June 30,	Year Ended December 31,
	2023			2022			2022			2021			2020			2023	2022
							(in thousands)
Operating revenues	$	192,709		$	178,310		$	360,845		$	294,441		$	272,684
Contract amortization		(26,454	)		(24,018	)		(49,799	)		(48,007	)		(51,297	)
Operating revenues, net		166,255			154,292			311,046			246,434			221,387
Depreciation, amortization and accretion		62,026			53,994			110,749			78,884			58,824
Gross margin(1)		104,229			100,298			200,297			167,550			162,563
Add-Back:
Contract amortization		26,454			24,018			49,799			48,007			51,297
Depreciation, amortization and accretion		62,026			53,994			110,749			78,884			58,824
Less:
Operations and maintenance, excluding depreciation, amortization and accretion		41,042			24,694			57,426			41,670			33,844
Project Contribution Margin		151,667			153,616			303,419			252,771			238,840
Project Contribution Margin Ratio(2)		79%			86%			84%			86%			88%

(1) Gross margin as determined in accordance with GAAP is defined as the excess of revenues over cost of goods sold. Based on the nature of our revenue sources and the direct costs associated therewith, gross margin as presented for our business herein represents operating revenues less contract amortization and depreciation, amortization and accretion, but before other relatively fixed operations and maintenance expenses.

(2) Project Contribution Margin Ratio is equal to Project Contribution Margin divided by Operating Revenues for the applicable period.

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Key Operational Metrics

In addition to the measures presented in our consolidated financial statements, we use the following key operational metrics to evaluate our business, measure our performance, develop financial forecasts, and make strategic decisions. The following table summarizes our key operational metrics for each period presented below, which are unaudited. For more information on key business metrics, see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Key Operational Metrics and Non-GAAP Financial Measures.”

	Historical (Predecessor)
	As of and for the Six Months Ended June 30,				As of and for the Year Ended December 31,
	2023		2022		2022		2021		2020
	(in thousands)
Megawatts added(1)		184 MW		326 MW		831 MW		254 MW		251 MW
Megawatts hours generated(2)		2,204,303 MWh		1,692,471 MWh		3,619,572 MWh		2,417,803 MWh		2,033,126 MWh
Megawatt capacity		2,724 MW		2,035 MW		2,540 MW		1,709 MW		1,455 MW
Storage:
Megawatt hours capacity of energy storage		1,065 MWh		1,065 MWh		1,065 MWh		504 MWh		4 MWh

(1) Megawatts added include acquisitions and projects achieving commercial operation.

(2) Megawatt hours generated includes our proportionate share of megawatt hours generated from our equity investments.

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RISK FACTORS

Investing in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the risks described below together with all of the other information included in this prospectus before deciding to invest in our common stock. If any of the following risks actually occur, they may materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, cash flows and results of operations. In this event, the trading price of our common stock could decline, and you could lose all or part of your investment in us. We may experience additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us; or, as a result of developments occurring in the future, conditions that we currently deem to be immaterial may also materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, cash flows and results of operations.

Risks Related to Our Industry and Operations

Changes to irradiance at our solar facilities or weather conditions generally or increases in global temperatures, as a result of climate change, or otherwise, at any of our solar facilities could materially adversely affect our operations.

The revenues generated by our solar facilities are correlated to the amount of electricity generated, which in turn is dependent upon irradiance and weather conditions generally. Irradiance and weather conditions have natural variations from season to season and from year to year and may also undergo long-term or permanent change because of climate change or other factors. While we may try to reduce such risks through studies of present or historical conditions or modelling of future conditions, projections of solar resources depend on assumptions about weather patterns, shading and irradiance, which are inherently uncertain and may not be consistent with actual conditions at the site. A sustained decline in weather conditions could lead to a material adverse change in the volume of electricity generated, revenues and cash flow.

Additionally, climate change may increase the frequency and severity of adverse weather conditions, such as tropical storms, wildfires, droughts, floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, ice storms or extreme temperature, and may have the long-term effect of changing weather patterns, which could result in more frequent and severe disruptions to our solar facilities. Such disruptions may include, among other things, damage to or destruction of our assets or to assets required for electricity transmission or the impaired operation or forced shutdown of these assets. If one or more of our solar facilities were to be subject to these or similar events, or if other unexpected geological or other adverse physical conditions were to develop at any of our solar facilities, the generation capacity of that facility could be significantly reduced or eliminated. Additionally, such events may elicit changes in energy regulations in the jurisdictions in which we operate, which may result in, among other things, increased compliance costs, reduced revenues or incentives, operational restrictions, or difficulties in obtaining or maintaining necessary permits, licenses, exemptions, or other authorizations required for our business. A disruption or failure of our solar facilities may prevent us from operating in the normal course.

Further, extreme temperatures, as a result of climate change and/or other causes, may reduce the effectiveness of our solar energy systems in generating power and the performance of our energy storage systems. Temperatures have been increasing globally, with certain governmental studies finding that Earth’s average surface temperature in 2022 was the fifth warmest year on record, and more recently, June 2023 was the hottest June on record. In addition, in 2023, many regions in the United States experienced persistent, extreme heatwaves, including areas in which we operate such as California, Texas, New Mexico, Nevada and Arizona. As extreme heat increases in severity and duration, the effectiveness of our solar energy systems may be adversely affected, reducing the amount of electricity generated, and, as a result, the revenues we generate under our PPAs. Similarly,

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the lifecycle of lithium-ion batteries is significantly reduced at higher temperatures. To the extent our energy storage systems are impacted by increased temperatures, we may face increased costs for maintenance, repairs and replacements of such components and systems. We are constantly evaluating the impact of high temperatures on our solar energy and energy storage systems and monitoring advancements in technology that may reduce the risks associated with increased temperatures. However, we cannot guarantee that these efforts will ultimately be successful, and if the trend of more extreme and persistent heatwaves continues, it could materially and adversely impact our business, financial condition and results of operations.

In addition, customers’ energy needs generally vary with weather conditions, primarily temperature and humidity. To the extent weather conditions are affected by climate change, customers’ energy use could increase or decrease depending on the duration and magnitude of changing weather conditions, which could adversely affect our business, results of operations and cash flows.

Supply and demand in the energy market is volatile, and such volatility could have an adverse impact on electricity prices and a material adverse effect on our assets, liabilities, business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flow.

A portion of our operating revenues are tied, either directly or indirectly, to the wholesale market price for electricity in the markets in which we operate. Wholesale market electricity prices are impacted by a number of factors including: the price of fuel (for example, natural gas) that is used to generate electricity; the management of generation and the amount of excess generating capacity relative to load in a particular market; the cost of controlling emissions of pollution, including the cost of emitting carbon dioxide; the structure of the electricity market; and weather conditions (such as extremely hot or cold weather) that impact electrical load. More generally, there is uncertainty surrounding the trend in electricity demand growth, which is influenced by: macroeconomic conditions; absolute and relative energy prices; and energy conservation and demand-side management. Correspondingly, from a supply perspective, there are uncertainties associated with the timing of generating plant retirements—in part driven by environmental regulations—and with the scale, pace and structure of replacement capacity, again reflecting a complex interaction of economic and political pressures and environmental preferences. This volatility and uncertainty in the power market generally, including the non-renewable power market, could have a material adverse effect on our assets, liabilities, business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flow.

As our contracts expire, we may not be able to replace them with agreements on similar terms.

Certain PPAs in our portfolio will be subject to re-contracting in the future. If the price of electricity in power markets is declining at the time of such re-contracting, it may impact our ability to re-negotiate or replace these contracts on terms that are acceptable to us, or at all. In addition, a concentrated pool of potential buyers for electricity generated by our renewable energy facilities in certain jurisdictions may restrict our ability to negotiate favorable terms under new PPAs or existing PPAs that are subject to re-contracting.

While we depreciate our solar facilities over 35 years, our PPAs typically have initial terms of 15 to 25 years. Our PPAs include optional renewal features for our customers, but we cannot guarantee that our PPAs will be renewed. Although we believe that 35 years is a reasonable estimate of the economic life of our solar facilities based on publicly available information, there is no guarantee that our customers will choose to renew their PPAs with us after the expiration of the initial term. Therefore there can be no certainty that our solar facilities will produce cash flows over their depreciable life.

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As stated above, we cannot provide any assurance that we will be able to re-negotiate or replace these contracts once they expire, and even if we are able to do so, we cannot provide any assurance that we will be able to obtain the same prices or terms we currently receive. If we are unable to re-negotiate or replace these contracts, or unable to secure prices at least equal to the current prices we receive, our business, financial condition, results of operation and prospects could be adversely affected.

We may not be able to obtain long-term contracts for the sale of power produced by our projects on favorable terms and we may not meet certain milestones and other performance criteria under existing PPAs.

Obtaining long-term contracts for the sale of power produced by our projects at prices and on other terms favorable to us is essential for our long-term success. We must compete for PPAs against other developers of renewable energy projects. This intense competition for PPAs has resulted in downward pressure on PPA pricing for newly contracted projects. This downward pricing pressure may particularly affect our business as we seek to negotiate PPAs for projects we have developed. The inability to compete successfully against other power producers or otherwise enter into PPAs favorable to us would negatively affect our ability to develop and finance our projects and negatively affect our revenues. In addition, the availability of PPAs depends on utility and corporate energy procurement practices that could evolve and shift allocation of market risks over time. In addition, PPA availability and terms are a function of a number of economic, regulatory, tax, and public policy factors, which are also subject to change.

Our PPAs typically require us to meet certain milestones and other performance criteria. Our failure to meet these milestones and other criteria, including minimum quantities, may result in price concessions and may result in the termination of our PPAs, in which case we would lose any future cash flow from the relevant project and may be required to pay fees and penalties to our counterparty. If our PPAs are terminated, it could materially and adversely affect the development of our solar and energy storage projects, our results of operations, and cash flow until we are able to replace the PPA or interconnection agreement on similar terms. Additionally, we cannot assure you that we will be able to perform our obligations under such agreements or that we will have sufficient funds to pay any fees or penalties thereunder.

A portion of our operating revenues is attributable to the sale of SRECs, which are renewable energy attributes that are created under the laws of individual states of the U.S., and our failure to be able to sell such SRECs at attractive prices, or at all, could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operation.

A portion of our operating revenues is attributable to the sale of SRECs and other environmental attributes of our facilities. The sale of SRECs has constituted a significant portion of our revenue historically, representing 24%, 27% and 27% of our revenue for each of the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020, respectively and 20% and 24% of our revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively. These SRECs and other environmental attributes are created under the state laws, generally in the state where the renewable energy facility is located. We sometimes seek to sell forward a portion of our SRECs or other environmental attributes to fix the revenues from those attributes and hedge against future declines in prices of SRECs or other environmental attributes. These programs have a finite life and our revenues may decline if and when we are unable to generate a sufficient number of SRECs. If our renewable energy facilities do not generate the amount of electricity required to earn the SRECs or other environmental attributes sold under such forward contracts or if for any reason the electricity we generate does not produce SRECs or other environmental attributes for a particular state, we may be required to make up the shortfall of SRECs or other environmental attributes under such forward contracts through purchases on the open

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market or make payments of liquidated damages. We have from time to time provided guarantees as credit support for these obligations. Additionally, forward contracts for SREC sales often contain adequate assurances clauses that allow our counterparties to require us to provide credit support in the form of parent guarantees, letters of credit or cash collateral.

Our ability to hedge forward our anticipated volume of SRECs or other environmental attributes is limited by market conditions, leaving us exposed to the risk of falling prices for SRECs or other environmental attributes. Utilities in many states are required by law or regulation to purchase a portion of their energy from renewable energy sources. Changes in state laws or regulations relating to SRECs may adversely affect the demand for, or availability of, SRECs or other environmental attributes and the future prices for such products. This could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We guarantee certain of the obligations of our projects and other subsidiaries, and a requirement to make a payment under such guarantee may have a material adverse effect on our financial condition or liquidity.

Our subsidiaries incur various types of debt and other obligations. Project non-recourse debt or obligations are repayable solely from the applicable project’s or entity’s future revenues and, in some cases, are secured by the project’s or entity’s physical assets, major contracts, cash accounts, and our ownership interests in other entities. While we seek to secure project non-recourse debt for our projects, in certain cases we are unable to do so, and thus may be liable for some of our subsidiaries’ obligations in connection with certain limited recourse debt or obligations, where we (or another of our subsidiaries) have provided a limited guarantee, making us directly liable to creditors or counterparties if our subsidiaries default on such obligations. To satisfy these obligations, we may be required to use amounts distributed by our other subsidiaries, as well as other sources of available cash, reducing the cash available to execute our business plan. In addition, if our subsidiaries default on their obligations under non-recourse financing or other agreements, we may decide to make payments to prevent the creditors of these subsidiaries from foreclosing on the relevant collateral (which foreclosure would result in a loss of our ownership interest in the subsidiary or in some or all of its assets). Such payments or losses could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

The use of tax-equity arrangements to finance projects limits certain management rights and operational flexibility with respect to those projects, as well as our rights to cash flows, tax credits and depreciation deductions generated by those projects.

A significant portion of the projects in our current portfolio have tax-equity financing arrangements in place, and we expect that some or all of our future projects will be financed with tax-equity arrangements. Under many of these arrangements, a tax-equity investor acquires an equity interest in the company that directly or indirectly owns the project, which entitles the tax-equity investor to a significant percentage of the tax credits and depreciation deductions generated by the project, as well as a percentage of the project’s cash flows (which may be significant in certain transactions), until a certain point in time. If a project underperforms, it could delay such point in time and, as a consequence, a tax-equity investor may become entitled to receive a greater percentage or, in some cases, all of the project’s cash flows until such point in time. The tax-equity investor also has the right to approve certain unanticipated management decisions with respect to the applicable project. These approval rights include decisions regarding material capital expenditures, replacement of major contracts, bankruptcy and the sale of the applicable project. To the extent we want to take any of these project level actions at a project in which we co-invest with a tax-equity investor, we may be required to obtain the tax-equity investor’s consent prior to taking such action. Similarly, we may choose to sell certain tax credits to third party tax credit purchasers. While the market for these transactions is

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developing, it is likely that we would have provide certain representations, covenants, consent rights and indemnities to these tax credit purchasers. As a result, compliance with our obligations to our tax equity investors and/or tax credit purchasers may prevent us from making certain business decisions.

Disruptions in our supply chain for materials and components, alongside increased logistics costs, have adversely affected our business and may continue to do so.

Critical inputs to the manufacturing of solar panels and batteries, including those used in energy storage projects, may include lithium, cobalt, nickel, and various rare earth and other critical minerals. In particular, lithium, cobalt and nickel are critical inputs in the manufacturing of batteries, including the batteries used in our energy storage projects. These raw materials are in high demand, subject to price fluctuations and of limited availability. If manufacturers are not able to procure enough of these raw materials or components, or procure them in a timely manner, this may result in a shortage, which may have a material adverse effect on the development and maintenance of our projects and, in turn, on our business, financial condition, and results of operations. Such concerns may also impact other raw materials, such as steel and aluminum, which are used in the construction and maintenance of our solar energy systems. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and other disruptions, including shipping and transportation constraints, and political, social or economic instability in regions where such components and materials are produced, there may be delays in, or increased costs associated with, obtaining the various raw materials or components used in our operations. Any change in the cost of solar panels, energy storage technology or other raw materials would impact the costs of constructing our projects and affect our financial results. In addition, both global and localized events could disrupt our international supply chains. For example, disruptions in the supply chain for modules and corresponding cost increases for modules have led to material delays in the construction of some of our projects, including in our New York state portfolio. Such costs may also increase as a result of any actions taken by governments to promote self-sufficiency or national security with regards to critical minerals or equipment, such as tariffs, import/export restrictions, or domestic procurement quotas, among others.

In addition to such risks of supply chain disruptions, jurisdictions are increasingly requiring companies to monitor for and address certain practices from their supply chain, including but not limited to certain labor practices and the procurement of conflict minerals. Such requirements may require us to incur substantial costs in order to comply and, to the extent such requirements are modified or expanded, we may be required to incur further substantial costs to maintain compliance.

We face competition from traditional utilities and renewable energy companies.

The solar energy industry and the broader clean energy industry are highly competitive and continually evolving, as market participants strive to distinguish themselves within their markets and compete with large incumbent utilities and new market entrants. We believe that our primary competitors are the traditional incumbent utilities that supply energy to our potential customers under highly regulated rate and tariff structures. We compete with these traditional utilities primarily based on price, predictability of price and the ease with which customers can switch to electricity generated by our renewable energy facilities. If we cannot offer compelling value to our customers based on these factors, then our business will not grow. Traditional utilities generally have substantially greater financial, technical, operational and other resources than we do, and as a result may be able to devote more resources to the research, development, promotion and sale of their products or respond more quickly to evolving industry standards and changes in market conditions than we can. Traditional utilities could also offer other value-added products or services that could help them to compete with us even if the cost of electricity they offer is higher than ours. In addition, the source of a majority of traditional utilities’ electricity is non-renewable, which may allow them to sell electricity more cheaply than electricity generated by our solar facilities. Such non-renewable generation is typically available for dispatch at any time, as it is not dependent on the availability of intermittent resources.

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We also face risks that traditional utilities could change their volumetric-based (i.e., cents per kWh rate) and tariff structures to make distributed solar generation less economically attractive to their retail customers. Currently, net metering programs are utilized in a majority of states to support the growth of distributed generation facilities by requiring traditional utilities to reimburse certain of their retail customers for the excess power they generate at the level of the utilities’ retail rates rather than the rates at which those utilities buy power at wholesale. Certain states allow their traditional utilities to assess a surcharge on customers with solar facilities for their use of the utility’s grid, based on the size of the customer’s solar facility. This surcharge reduces the economic returns for the excess electricity that the solar facilities produce. These types of charges, which reduce or eliminate the economic benefits of net metering, if implemented across a large number of states, could significantly change the economic benefits of solar energy as perceived by traditional utilities’ retail customers.

We also face competition from other renewable energy companies who may offer different products, lower prices and other incentives, which may impact our ability to maintain our customer base. As the solar industry grows and evolves, we will also face new competitors who are not currently in the market, such as an emerging energy storage market. The Inflation Reduction Act, through its combination of tax incentives and investments in renewable power projects and technologies, may lower barriers to entry into the renewable energy market which could have the effect of increasing competition, potentially eroding our market position and may result in continued downward pricing pressure on our PPAs. Our failure to adapt to changing market conditions and to compete successfully with existing or new competitors could limit our growth and could have a material adverse effect on our business and prospects.

Advances in technology could impair or eliminate the competitive advantage of our projects.

Technology related to the production and storage of renewable power and conventional power generation are continually advancing, resulting in a gradual decline in the cost of producing or storing electricity. If advances in technology further reduce the cost of producing or storing power, the competitive advantage of our existing projects may be significantly impaired or eliminated and our assets, liabilities, business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flow could be materially and adversely affected as a result.

The amount of uncontracted generation in our portfolio may increase.

As of December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020, 96%, 97% and 99%, respectively, and as of June 30, 2023, 99% of our operating revenue was contracted over the following two to five years under a mix of short and long-term, fixed price contracts with creditworthy counterparties. The portion of our portfolio that is uncontracted may increase over time which would increase our exposure to variability in power prices, which could, in certain circumstances, have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition, ability to issue and/or refinance debt, results of operations and cash flows.

There is a risk that our concessions and licenses will not be renewed.

We hold concessions and licenses and we have rights to operate our facilities, which generally include rights to the land required for power generation and which are subject to renewal at the end of their terms. We generally expect that our concessions and licenses will be renewed. However, if we are not granted renewal rights, or if our concessions or licenses are renewed subject to conditions that impose additional costs or impose additional restrictions such as setting a price ceiling for energy sales, our profitability and operational activity could be adversely impacted.

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Our use and enjoyment of real property rights for our solar facilities may be adversely affected by the rights of lienholders and leaseholders that are superior to those of the grantors of those real property rights to us.

Solar facilities generally are, and in the future are likely to be, located on land occupied by the facility pursuant to long-term easements and leases. The ownership interests in the land subject to these easements and leases may be subject to mortgages securing loans or other liens (such as tax liens) and other easement and lease rights of third parties (such as leases of oil or mineral rights) that were created prior to the facility’s easements and leases. As a result, the facility’s rights under these easements or leases may be subject, and subordinate, to the rights of those third parties. Although we take certain measures to protect ourselves against these risks, such measures may, however, be inadequate to protect us against all risk of loss of our rights to use the land on which our solar facilities are located, which could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

The cost of operating our plants could increase for reasons beyond our control.

While we currently maintain an appropriate and competitive cost position, there is a risk that increases in our cost structure that are beyond our control could materially adversely impact our financial performance. Examples of such costs include compliance with new conditions imposed during a relicensing process, municipal property taxes and the cost of procuring materials and services required for maintenance activities.

We may experience equipment failure, including failures relating to solar panels and batteries.

Our solar energy and energy storage systems may not continue to perform as they have in the past and there is a risk of equipment failure due to wear and tear, latent defect, design error, operator error or early obsolescence, among other things, which could have a material adverse effect on our assets, liabilities, business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flow. Solar panels have shorter lifespans than other renewable energy sources, including hydroelectric assets. Spare parts for solar panels and key pieces of equipment may be difficult to acquire as a result of a limited number of suppliers of solar panels and other system components and equipment associated with solar facilities. Any resulting delay in replacing equipment could result in significant delays in returning facilities to full operation, which could adversely impact our business and financial condition. Additionally, although rare, lithium-ion and certain other batteries that may be used in energy storage projects, may on occasion rapidly release the energy they contain, resulting in flames that can ignite nearby materials as well as other battery cells. Equipment failure at our solar energy and energy storage systems could also result in significant personal injury or loss of life, damage to and destruction of property, plant and equipment and contamination of, or damage to, the environment and suspension of operations. In addition, we could face liability with respect to remedial costs at third-party disposal facilities where we have sent discarded equipment or other wastes. The occurrence of any one of these events may result in us being named as a defendant in lawsuits asserting claims for substantial damages, including for environmental cleanup costs, personal injury and property damage and fines and/or penalties.

Although we expect to benefit from various warranties, including construction, product quality, and performance warranties provided by our counterparties in connection with the construction of our solar energy and energy storage systems, the purchase of equipment necessary to operate our solar energy and energy storage systems, and certain other matters, our counterparties may default on their warranty obligations, including because such counterparties may become insolvent or cease operations. Even if a counterparty fulfills its obligations, many of our warranties do not cover reimbursement for lost revenue and we cannot guarantee any warranties will be sufficient to compensate us for all of our losses. Further, there are limitations in most warranties, including limits on liability. Many warranties have exclusions rendering them inapplicable if, for example, the owner does

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not follow the manufacturer’s operating instructions. We may disagree with a counterparty about whether a particular product defect, performance shortfall, or other similar matter is covered by a warranty, in whole or in part, as well as the manner in which any such matter should be resolved. As a result, enforcing any such warranty may be costly or impossible. Such costs may include significant out-of-pocket and internal expenses, some or all of which may not be recovered.

Moreover, we have provided production guarantees to certain off-takers in our PPAs. To the extent that the associated solar facilities become temporarily or permanently nonoperational, we will be liable to compensate the off-taker for the difference between the actual production and the guaranteed production amount, which could result in breaches of our PPAs and adversely impact our business and financial condition.

The solar energy systems we own have a limited operating history and may not perform as we expect.

We expect that many of the solar energy systems that we currently own or that we may acquire in the future will not have commenced operations, have recently commenced operations or otherwise have a limited operating history. Of the solar energy systems in operation at the end of each of the following years, 14%, 15% and 16% achieved commercial operation in 2022, 2021 and 2020, respectively, and, of the solar energy systems in operation at the end of the following six-month periods, 5% and 12% achieved commercial operations as of June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively. The ability of our solar energy systems to perform as we expect will also be subject to risks inherent in newly constructed renewable energy assets, including breakdowns and outages, latent defects, equipment that performs below our expectations, system failures and outages. As a result, our assumptions and estimates regarding the performance of these solar energy systems are, and will be, made without the benefit of a meaningful operating history, which may impair our ability to accurately assess the potential profitability of the solar energy systems and, in turn, our results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.

We may not effectively manage the Internalization Transaction or realize the anticipated benefits thereof.

The Internalization Transaction exposed us to risks to which we had not historically been exposed. Prior to the closing of the Internalization Transaction on August 4, 2022, we did not have any employees but had rather been externally managed by GSAM pursuant to a Management Services Agreement. Under the Management Services Agreement, GSAM dedicated to us a team of approximately 100 professionals with extensive experience spanning transaction sourcing and financial analysis, power markets and physical asset analysis in the solar industry. In addition to this dedicated team, GSAM provided risk management, legal, accounting, tax, information technology and compliance personnel, among others, who provide services to us.

On May 18, 2022, we entered into an agreement with OpCo, MN8 Energy, GSAM and the Special Interest Member to engage in the Internalization Transaction, which we closed on August 4, 2022. Pursuant to the Internalization Transaction, among other things, (i) the Management Services Agreement was terminated, (ii) we agreed to directly or indirectly employ the approximately 100 professionals previously employed by GSAM that were dedicated to our business under the Management Services Agreement, and (iii) we entered into a transition services agreement with GSAM that provides for the provision of certain services to MN8 Energy, OpCo and us, including risk management, legal, accounting, tax, information technology and compliance, for a specified period of time following completion of the Internalization Transaction. The internalized company may encounter potential difficulties in the integration process which may result in the inability to successfully internalize corporate management or related corporate support functions in a manner that permits us to achieve

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the cost savings anticipated to result from the Internalization Transaction. The majority of the services rendered by GSAM concluded on December 31, 2022, but we expect support from GSAM to continue through the closing of this offering. If we are unable to internalize or find other providers for these services within a reasonable time period, we may not achieve all of the expected benefits of the Internalization Transaction and our business, financial condition and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected.

In addition, while we currently have retained most GSAM employees who provided services to us pursuant to the Management Services Agreement, the failure to retain any such personnel, including members of our senior management, in the future could have significant adverse effects on our business and operations. We entered into agreements with certain members of our senior management that contain certain restrictions, including a restriction on engaging in activities that are deemed competitive with our business. Although we believe these covenants are enforceable under current law in the states in which we do business, there can be no guarantee that if these executives were to breach these covenants and engage in competitive activities, a court of law would fully enforce these restrictions. If these executives were to terminate their employment with us and engage in competitive activities, such activities could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. In addition, we expect the agreements we will enter into with such members of our senior management will provide that if their employment with us terminates under certain circumstances (including in connection with a change in control), then we may be required to pay them significant amounts of severance compensation, thereby making it costly to terminate their employment.

Further, our general and administrative expenses as an internalized company could be higher than our current expectations. The failure to smoothly transition services or retain employees, could result in the anticipated benefits of the Internalization Transaction not being realized in the timeframe currently anticipated or at all. As an employer, we are subject to those potential liabilities that are commonly faced by employers, such as workers’ disability and compensation claims, potential labor disputes and other employee-related liabilities and grievances, and we will bear the costs of the establishment and maintenance of employee benefit plans. There may be other unforeseen costs, expenses and difficulties associated with operating as an internally managed company. Any of these foregoing risks could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We may be unable to identify sufficient investment opportunities and complete transactions as planned.

Our strategy for building value is to seek to acquire or develop high-quality assets that generate sustainable and increasing cash flows, with the objective of achieving appropriate risk-adjusted returns on our invested capital over the long-term. However, there is no certainty that we will be able to find sufficient investment opportunities and complete transactions that meet our investment criteria. Our investment criteria consider, among other things, the financial, operating, and strategic merits of a proposed acquisition including whether we expect it will meet our targeted return hurdle and, as such, there is no certainty that we will be able to continue growing our group’s business by making acquisitions or developing assets at attractive returns. Competition for assets is significant and competition from other well-capitalized investors or companies may significantly increase the purchase price or prevent us from completing an acquisition. We may also decline opportunities that we do not believe meet our investment criteria, which our competition may pursue instead. Further, our growth initiatives may be subject to a number of closing conditions, including, as applicable, third-party consents, regulatory approvals (including from antitrust authorities) and other third-party approvals or actions that are beyond our control. If all or some of our growth initiatives are unable to be completed on the terms agreed, we may need to delay certain acquisitions or abandon them altogether. If returns are lower than anticipated from such initiatives, we also may not be able to achieve growth in our distributions in line with our stated goals and the market value of our shares may decline.

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The Mercedes-Benz Joint Ventures are joint ventures and our investments could be adversely affected by our lack of sole decision-making authority and restrictions on transfer relating to the Mercedes-Benz Joint Ventures. The Mercedes-Benz Joint Ventures may also impair our operating flexibility and subject us to risks not present in our other investments that involve co-ownership.

Although we have the right to appoint one of the five persons to serve on the board of directors of DriveCo and four of the five persons to serve on the board of directors of AssetCo, the limited liability company agreements of AssetCo (the “AssetCo LLC Agreement”) and DriveCo (the “DriveCo LLC Agreement,” and, together with the AssetCo LLC Agreement, the “MB JV LLCAs”) contain certain provisions requiring the unanimous or supermajority consent of the equity holders of AssetCo and DriveCo. For example, the sale or disposition of substantially all of the assets of AssetCo and/or DriveCo, approval of certain major investments of AssetCo, changes in tax status or form of legal entity of either of AssetCo or DriveCo, amending the terms of the organizational documents of AssetCo or DriveCo in a manner disproportionately adverse to an equity holder as compared to another equity holder and requiring certain capital contributions from equity holders in excess of then-approved business plans require either unanimous or supermajority consents of the equity holders pursuant to the MB JV LLCAs. Thus, our investments in AssetCo and DriveCo involve risks that are not present when we are able to exercise sole control over an asset, including certain major decisions requiring unanimous or supermajority decision-making beyond our sole control and are subject to agreement with MBIC. Differences in views between us and MBIC may result in delayed decisions or failures to agree on major matters, such as large expenditures or the construction or acquisition of assets, and delayed decisions and disagreements could adversely affect the business and operations of the Mercedes-Benz Joint Ventures, and, in turn, our business, operations and financial results.

In addition, we are subject to transfer restrictions with respect to our equity ownership interests in AssetCo and DriveCo, including restrictions on transferring our equity ownership interests to certain competitors, a right of first offer and tag-along rights in favor of the other (non-transferring) member, which may make it more difficult to sell such interests in the future. We and MBIC are also subject to “lock-up” provisions, pursuant to which we are prohibited from selling, transferring or encumbering our shares in AssetCo or DriveCo (other than encumbrances on our shares in AssetCo created as security for certain permitted indebtedness) for a period of 5 years from the date of the consummation of the Mercedes-Benz Joint Ventures, which may impair our financial and operational flexibility. Furthermore, MBIC has the right, in connection with the transfer of its equity interests in AssetCo or DriveCo, to effect the sale to MBIC of assets of AssetCo or DriveCo that are required for the continued operation of certain designated HPC EV Stations located on MBIC properties or at Mercedes-Benz dealerships. Such sales would be on arm’s length terms with the applicable Company.

To support the Mercedes-Benz Joint Ventures, we and MBIC have agreed to commit an aggregate of approximately $538.5 million to AssetCo through the earlier of (i) December 31, 2029 or (ii) the completion of the Roll Out Plan, and an aggregate of approximately $631.7 million to DriveCo through the fifteen year Commitment Period. Our commitments to AssetCo and DriveCo total approximately $557.1 million (of which $430.8 million is for AssetCo), and the board of directors of each of AssetCo and DriveCo will control the timing of the capital calls and deployment of capital with respect to each entity, subject to then-applicable budgets. We expect to fund such capital commitments with equity contributions, pro rata based on our expected ownership of the respective entities, and a debt facility entered into by a wholly owned subsidiary of MN8 Energy in an amount not to exceed 80% of our AssetCo capital contributions. As of June 30, 2023, we have funded an aggregate of $43.0 million to AssetCo and DriveCo. Our AssetCo capital contributions are guaranteed by OpCo in an amount up to our total AssetCo capital commitment. Our ability to fund such equity contributions will depend on our operating results, our ability to access the capital markets and general economic conditions. Similarly, our ability to raise debt to fund such commitments will depend upon our

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credit ratings, the debt markets and general economic conditions. To the extent we are able raise any debt, we may be unable to raise it on favorable terms. In the event we are unable to fund our equity or debt commitments to AssetCo and DriveCo, we will be subject to a penalty interest rate on such unfunded capital contribution at the greater of (i) the prime rate, as published by the Wall Street Journal, and (ii) 10%, compounded monthly, under the applicable MB JV LLCA. In the event of a foreclosure at LeaseCo in connection with the aforementioned debt facility, (i) distributions will be made pro rata in accordance with percentage interests in LeaseCo, but in certain circumstances MBIC and/or its affiliates have a right to priority distributions and (ii) MBIC possesses a limited right to cause a dissolution of AssetCo in the event the lenders foreclose on certain leased properties. If we are unable to meet our capital commitments to AssetCo and DriveCo, we may not achieve the benefits expected from the Mercedes-Benz Joint Ventures, and, in turn it could adversely affect our business, operations and financial results. Moreover, if we are unable to make payments to service the debt facility related to the Mercedes-Benz Joint Ventures, we will be subject to penalties that may adversely affect our business, operations and financial results.

Moreover, the Mercedes-Benz Joint Ventures, like joint ventures generally, could impair our operational flexibility and subject us to risks not present in our other investments that involve co-ownership. The master lease agreement entered into by and between a wholly owned subsidiary of AssetCo, AssetCo HPC Leasing, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“LeaseCo”) and DriveCo (the “Master Lease Agreement”) gives DriveCo sole responsibility for final approvals of site selection, leasing and equipment. The energy management services agreement entered into by and between DriveCo and MN8 Marketing (the “Energy Management Services Agreement”) will give DriveCo approval rights for the energy procurement plans we develop as well as for the development of any on-site solar or battery energy storage facilities. Furthermore, AssetCo and/or DriveCo may establish separate financing arrangements that contain restrictive covenants that may limit or restrict the applicable entity’s ability to make cash distributions to their members under certain circumstances. Additionally, from time to time, the MB JV Entities may be involved in disputes or legal proceedings which may negatively affect the Mercedes-Benz Joint Ventures or our investment.

We may be unable to identify and acquire sites for the development of HPC EV Stations and to successfully develop those HPC EV Stations at all or at the scale expected for the Mercedes-Benz Joint Ventures.

While we and MBIC have made capital commitments to support the Mercedes-Benz Joint Ventures, we may be unable to identify and acquire sites for the development of HPC EV Stations and to successfully develop those HPC EV Stations at all or at the scale expected for the Mercedes-Benz Joint Ventures. Moreover, we may be unable to successfully manage the HPC EV Stations we jointly develop or achieve the benefits we expect from the Mercedes-Benz Joint Ventures, which may adversely affect the business and operations of the Mercedes-Benz Joint Ventures and our own business, operations and financial results. For example, significant delays in planned sites for a year or significant downtime could materially reduce the anticipated revenues paid to LeaseCo under the Master Lease Agreement.

We may not successfully integrate the assets acquired in or realize the benefits expected from acquisitions, including the NES Acquisition and the Derby Acquisition.

In the ordinary course of our business, we have pursued and intend to continue to pursue selected acquisitions of complementary assets and businesses. For example, we consummated the NES Acquisition on November 18, 2022 and the Derby Acquisition on June 20, 2023. See “Prospectus Summary—Recent Developments—NES Acquisition and Derby Acquisition.” However, there can be no assurance that we will successfully integrate the assets or businesses that we acquire, including the approximately 542 MW of operating assets we acquired in the NES Acquisition and Derby Acquisition,

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or that we will realize the benefits expected from such acquisitions. The process of integrating acquired assets and businesses may involve unforeseen costs and delays or other operational, technical and financial difficulties and may require a significant amount of time and resources. For example, we may experience difficulties integrating NES’s operations into our business and realizing expected benefits and synergies from the NES Acquisition and Derby Acquisition. The integration process may involve unforeseen difficulties and may require a disproportionate amount of our managerial and financial resources. If we are unable to successfully integrate the assets and business of NES or assets and businesses from future acquisitions with our business, we may be unable to achieve consolidation savings and may incur unanticipated costs and liabilities.

If we choose to acquire or lend to projects before they are operational, we will be subject to risks associated with projects that remain under development or construction.

As part of our business strategy, we may choose to acquire or lend to projects that have not yet commenced operations and remain under development or construction. Our development pipeline of pre-construction projects consists of approximately 3.7 GW in solar capacity, approximately 1.3 GW (or approximately 5.3 GWh) in energy storage capacity and 2,700 EV charging ports as of June 30, 2023. These projects are in various stages of the development process and we are targeting commercial operation dates between 2024 and 2029. There can be no assurance that our pipeline will be converted into completed projects or generate revenues or that we can obtain the necessary financing to construct these projects. As we develop our pipeline organically or through acquisitions, some of the projects in our pipeline may not be completed or proceed to construction. There may be delays or unexpected developments in completing any future construction projects, which could cause the construction costs of these projects to exceed our expectations, result in substantial delays or prevent the project from commencing commercial operation. Various factors could contribute to construction-cost overruns, construction halts or delays or failure to commence commercial operation, including:

• delays in obtaining, or the inability to obtain, necessary permits and licenses;

• delays and increased costs related to the interconnection of new projects to the transmission system;

• the inability to acquire or maintain land use and access rights;

• the failure to receive contracted third-party services;

• interruptions to dispatch at our projects;

• supplier interruptions;

• work stoppages;

• labor disputes;

• weather interferences;

• force majeure events;

• changes in laws;

• unforeseen engineering, environmental and geological problems, including discoveries of contamination, protected plant or animal species or habitat, archaeological or cultural resources or other environment-related factors;

• unanticipated cost overruns in excess of budgeted contingencies; and

• failure of contracting parties to perform under contracts, including the engineering, procurement and construction provider.

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In addition, where we have a relationship with a third party to complete construction of a construction project, we are subject to the viability and performance of the third party. Our inability to find a replacement contracting party, where the original contracting party has failed to perform, could result in the abandonment of the construction of such project, while we could remain obligated under other agreements associated with the project, including offtake agreements, which may result in a default or termination of such offtake agreement, the imposition of liquidated damages or termination payments, or the loss of performance security.

Moreover, we may not be successful in achieving commercial operations for our projects that are under construction and in our development pipeline. The completion of solar energy, energy storage and EV charging systems involves numerous risks and uncertainties including the risks set forth elsewhere in this prospectus. These risks and uncertainties may prevent some projects from progressing to construction and commercial operations. In addition, for a variety of reasons, we may elect not to proceed with the development or construction of a project currently in our fleet or in our development pipeline. Our growth depends on our continued ability to progress projects to commercial operations and our results in the future may not be consistent with our expectations or historical results.

Any of these risks could cause our financial returns on these solar energy, energy storage or EV charging systems to be lower than expected or otherwise delay or prevent the completion of such project or distribution of cash to us, or could cause us to operate below expected capacity or availability levels, which could have a material adverse effect on our ability to grow our business and generate sustainable and increasing cash flows.

Our growth strategy depends on the widespread adoption of solar energy, energy storage and EV charging technology.

The market for solar energy, energy storage and EV charging products is emerging and rapidly evolving, and our future success is uncertain. If solar energy technology proves unsuitable for widespread commercial deployment or if demand for solar energy, energy storage and EV charging products fails to develop sufficiently, we may have difficulty in identifying and developing a pipeline of high-quality assets that meet our investment criteria, which could affect our ability to generate sustainable and increasing cash flows. The factors influencing the widespread adoption of solar energy and energy storage technology include but are not limited to:

• cost-effectiveness of solar energy and energy storage technologies as compared with conventional and non-solar alternative energy technologies;

• performance and reliability of solar energy and energy storage systems as compared with conventional and non-solar alternative energy products;

• adoption of EVs and the performance and reliability of EV charging systems as compared with conventional automobile and fossil fuel technologies;

• continued deregulation of the electric power industry and broader energy industry;

• fluctuations in economic and market conditions which impact the viability of conventional and non-solar alternative energy sources, such as increases or decreases in the prices of oil and other fossil fuels or in the prices or availability of minerals critical to the solar energy and energy storage sectors; and

• availability of governmental subsidies and incentives.

We may be unable to efficiently acquire a large number of additional “middle-market” solar energy systems or otherwise adapt to the needs of our customer base.

We have historically targeted a significant portion of our investments in “middle-market” solar energy systems. The term “middle-market” includes solar energy systems that are larger than typical

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residential rooftop installations but smaller than large “utility-scale” installations, and that are expected to generally have generating capacity of between one and fifty MW. Projects on the lower end of this range include those referred to as “distributed generation,” “commercial and industrial” or “C&I” projects. Transaction costs associated with opportunities in middle-market solar energy systems are often high relative to opportunity size. Although we expect to develop efficiencies, such efficiencies may not materialize. If these efficiencies do not materialize, transaction costs associated with participating in middle-market solar energy systems may be higher than forecasted, resulting in lower than expected economic returns or a decision not to acquire a particular asset. Further, the current size of the middle-market relative to other segments of the renewable energy market in the U.S. is small, and there is no certainty regarding whether our customer base will remain active in the middle-market segment. If we are unable to identify a sufficient number of middle-market acquisition opportunities, we may be unable to deploy capital for such projects.

Our strategy is to tailor our products and services to the needs of our customers. Customer needs may change over time. Given our historical focus on middle-market solar energy systems, we may be unable to effectively identify, acquire, develop and operate solar energy systems in other segments of the solar energy market. Accordingly, we may be unable to adapt to changing market dynamics and the requirements of our enterprise customers. If we are unable to do so, our financial condition, results of operations and cash flow could be materially and adversely affected.

We have recently added energy storage systems to our fleet. Such projects may present construction and operational issues and other unforeseen challenges associated with deploying new technology.

The inclusion of energy storage systems in our fleet will require us to make assumptions regarding their useful life, cost of operations, need for insurance, likelihood of claims against warranties, and other such factors relating to their successful operation. For example, risks associated with the relatively unproven nature of energy storage systems, such as the risk of fire or explosion, increase the level of unpredictability in making assumptions relating to the costs associated with our fleet. Because we have less experience developing, building, and operating energy storage systems than solar energy systems, we may be more likely to make assumptions regarding such matters that prove to be incorrect. We may also be unable to develop, construct, or operate such systems successfully or profitably. Failure to accurately estimate such inputs may result in the related PPAs not being attractive, or not being as attractive as anticipated, which could in turn negatively affect our business. Similarly, incorrect assumptions on the nature of costs to operate such assets or the kind or amount of warranty protection such systems are likely to need, could, in turn, negatively affect our business.

Our business is concentrated in certain markets, putting us at risk of region-specific disruptions.

As of June 30, 2023, approximately 63%, 7% and 6% of our solar energy and energy storage systems were located in California, New Jersey and New York, respectively. In addition, we expect much of our near-term future growth to occur in these same markets, further concentrating our operational infrastructure. Accordingly, our business and results of operations are particularly susceptible to adverse economic, regulatory, political, weather and other conditions in such markets and in other markets that may become similarly concentrated. Any of these conditions, even if only in one such market, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. In addition, all of our current solar energy and energy storage systems are located in the U.S. and its territories, which makes us particularly susceptible to adverse changes in U.S. tax laws.

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The ability to deliver electricity to our various counterparties requires the availability of and access to interconnection facilities and transmission systems.

Our ability to sell electricity is impacted by the availability of, and access to, the various transmission systems to deliver power to our contractual delivery point and the arrangements and facilities for interconnecting the generation projects to the transmission systems. The absence of this availability and access, our inability to obtain reasonable terms and conditions for interconnection and transmission agreements, the operational failure or decommissioning of existing interconnection facilities or transmission facilities, the lack of adequate capacity on such interconnection or transmission facilities, curtailment as a result of transmission facility downtime, or the failure of any relevant jurisdiction to expand transmission facilities, may have a material adverse effect on our ability to deliver electricity to its various counterparties or the requirement of counterparties to accept and pay for energy delivery. Additionally, to the extent that any of our projects now or in the future require new transmission capacity to serve potential customers, we may be indirectly exposed to permitting risks and delays associated with the construction of new transmission assets. All of the above could materially and adversely affect our assets, liabilities, business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flow.

Counterparties to our contracts may not fulfill their obligations.

If, for any reason, any of the purchasers of power under our PPAs are unable or unwilling to fulfill their contractual obligations under the relevant PPA or if they refuse to accept delivery of power pursuant to the relevant PPA, our assets, liabilities, business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flow could be materially and adversely affected as we may not be able to replace the agreement with an agreement on equivalent terms and conditions. External events, such as a severe economic downturn, could impair the ability of some counterparties to the PPAs or some customers to pay for electricity received. In addition, inadequate performance by counterparties to operation and maintenance contracts related to certain of its assets or investments may increase the risk of operational or mechanical failures of such facilities.

We will be exposed to credit, commodity price and interest rate risk.

We may acquire solar energy systems that expose us to credit, commodity price and interest rate risk. “Credit risk” refers to the likelihood that a company will default in the payment of principal and/or interest on an instrument. Financial strength and solvency of a company are the primary factors influencing credit risk. In addition, lack or inadequacy of collateral or credit enhancement for a debt instrument may affect its credit risk. Credit risk may change over the life of an instrument. Securities that are rated by rating agencies are often reviewed and may be subject to downgrade, which generally results in a decline in the market value of such security. “Commodity price risk” refers to the risk of loss in cash flows and future earnings from adverse changes in the price of electricity and of tax attributes such as SRECs. “Interest rate risk” refers to the risks associated with market changes in interest rates. Interest rate changes may affect the value of a debt instrument indirectly (especially in the case of fixed rate securities) and directly (especially in the case of instruments whose rates are adjustable). Interest rate sensitivity is generally more pronounced and less predictable in instruments with uncertain payment or prepayment schedules. Current economic and market conditions, which include a volatile credit market, may accentuate credit, commodity price and interest rate risks and expose us to a greater risk of loss.

Most of our customer contracts do not include inflation-based price increases and sustained levels of high inflation could materially adversely impact our business.

Although approximately 51% of our customer contracts have price escalator provisions, such provisions are relatively standard increases that are not specifically linked to macroeconomic or

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industry-wide measures of inflation. As a result, although our operations have not yet been materially impacted by inflationary pressures—in part because our O&M contracts are fixed price—we could be materially adversely impacted in the future to the extent sustained levels of inflation over time materially outpace the price escalations in our PPAs. In this regard, we note that we have experienced an increase in module and racking prices of approximately $11 million related to our $382.0 million in planned capital expenditures through 2024. Although we plan to further evaluate the existing and prospective future terms of our contractual provisions with our suppliers and service providers, as well as with the purchasers under our PPAs, as they relate to scheduled price increases, inflation adjustments and market competitiveness, there can be no guarantees that we will be able to adequately address such risk in a manner that permits us to alleviate all or a part of any such inflationary pressures.

Historically, the renewable energy industry has seen extended periods of declining costs. However, during 2021 and 2022 a number of macroeconomic, political and other factors have led to sustained periods of increasing global and domestic price inflation. Inflation in our industry has the effect of increasing the actual and expected costs of land, raw materials and labor as well as other goods and services needed to operate our business, which in turn raises the costs of developing, constructing, and operating our projects. Accordingly, continued periods of heightened inflation may have an adverse impact on our business, financial condition and results of operations. Moreover, there is no guarantee that recently-enacted legislation such as the Inflation Reduction Act will effectively reduce the inflationary pressures on our business. Further, in addition to the direct impact of cost increases, sustained levels of high inflation have caused the U.S. Federal Reserve and other central banks to increase benchmark interest rates, which can have the effects of raising the cost of capital and depressing economic growth, either of which—or the combination thereof—could materially adversely impact our business.

The operation of our fleet and development of our pipeline could be affected by local communities.

We may become impacted by the interests of local communities and stakeholders, including in some cases, indigenous peoples, that affect the operation of our facilities. Certain of these communities may have or may develop interests or objectives which are different from or even in conflict with our objectives, including the use of our project lands. Any such differences could have a negative impact on the successful operation of our fleet and the development of our pipeline. As well, disputes surrounding, and settlements of, indigenous land claims regarding lands on or near our generating assets could interfere with operations and/or result in additional operating costs or restrictions, as well as adversely impact the use and enjoyment of our real property rights with respect to our fleet and pipeline.

We rely on computerized business systems, which could expose us to cyber-attacks.

Our business relies on information technology. In addition, our business relies upon telecommunication services to remotely monitor and control our assets and interface with regulatory agencies, wholesale power markets and customers. The information and embedded systems of key business partners, including suppliers of the information technology systems on which they rely, and regulatory agencies are also important to our operations. In light of this, we may be subject to cyber security risks or other breaches of information technology security intended to obtain unauthorized access to our proprietary information and that of our business partners, destroy data or disable, degrade, or sabotage these systems through the introduction of computer viruses, fraudulent emails, cyber-attacks and other means, and such breaches could originate from a variety of sources including our own employees or unknown third parties. There can be no assurance that measures implemented to protect the integrity of these systems will provide adequate protection, and any such breach of our

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information technology could go undetected for an extended period of time. A breach of our cyber security measures or the failure or malfunction of any of our computerized business systems, associated backup or data storage systems could cause us to suffer a disruption in one or more parts of our business and experience, among other things, financial loss, a loss of business opportunities, misappropriation or unauthorized release of confidential or personal information, damage to our systems and those with whom we do business, violation of privacy and other laws, litigation, regulatory penalties and remediation and restoration costs as well as increased costs to maintain our systems. Cyber-security breaches or failures of our information technology systems could have a material adverse effect on our business operations, financial reporting, financial condition and results of operations, and result in reputational damage.

There can be no guarantee that newly developed technologies that we invest in will perform as anticipated.

We may invest in and use newly developed, less proven, technologies in our development projects or in maintaining or enhancing our existing assets. There is no guarantee that such new technologies will perform as anticipated. The failure of a new technology to perform as anticipated may materially and adversely affect the profitability of a particular development project or existing asset.

Performance of our operating entities may be harmed by future labor disruptions and economically unfavorable collective bargaining agreements.

Certain of our subsidiaries may in the future be parties to collective agreements that expire periodically and those subsidiaries may not be able to renew their collective agreements without a labor disruption or without agreeing to significant increases in cost. In the event a labor disruption such as a strike or lock-out should occur in the future, the ability of our solar energy systems to generate electricity may be impaired and our results from operations and cash flow could be materially and adversely affected.

Some of our transactions and current operations are structured as joint ventures, partnerships and consortium arrangements, and we intend to continue to operate in this manner in the future, which may reduce our influence over our operating subsidiaries and may subject us to additional obligations.

Some of our transactions and current operations are structured as joint ventures, partnerships and consortium arrangements. These arrangements are driven by the magnitude of capital required to complete acquisitions of generating assets, strategic partnering arrangements to access operating expertise, and other industrywide trends that we believe will continue. Such arrangements involve risks not present where a third party is not involved, including the possibility that partners or co-venturers might become bankrupt or otherwise fail to fund their share of required capital contributions. Additionally, partners or co-venturers might at any time have economic or other business interests or goals different from those of our management, GSAM and/or our shareholders.

While our strategy is to structure these arrangements to afford us certain protective rights in relation to operating and financing activities, joint ventures, partnerships and consortium investments may provide for a reduced level of influence over an acquired company because governance rights are shared with others. Accordingly, certain unanticipated management decisions relating to the underlying operations and financing activities, including decisions relating to the management and operation, the investment of capital within the arrangement, and the timing and nature of any exit, will be made by a majority or supermajority vote of the investors or by separate agreements that are reached with respect to individual decisions. In addition, such operations may be subject to the risk that other investors may make business, financial or management decisions with which we do not agree, or the management of the

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applicable company may take risks or otherwise act in a manner that does not serve our interests. Because we may have a reduced level of influence over such operations, we may not be able to realize some or all of the benefits that we believe will be created from our involvement. If any of the foregoing were to occur, our business, financial condition and results of operations could suffer as a result.

In addition, because some of our transactions and current operations are structured as joint ventures, partnerships or consortium arrangements, the sale or transfer of interests in some of our operations are or may be subject to rights of first refusal or first offer, tag along rights or drag along rights and some agreements provide for buy-sell or similar arrangements. Such rights may be triggered at a time when we may not want them to be exercised and such rights may inhibit our ability to sell our interest in an entity within our desired time frame or on any other desired basis.

Changes in demand for power or power derived from renewable energy sources specifically may adversely affect our business.

Demand for power is affected by a variety of factors, which are not necessarily within our control. Slow growth or an overall reduction in demand for power, such as through improvements in energy efficiency, could have a material adverse effect on our business prospects, financial condition and results of operations. Demand for renewables is affected by a complex interaction of economic and political pressures and environmental preferences. There are uncertainties associated with the timing of fossil fuel plant retirements—in part driven by environmental regulations—and with the scale, pace and structure of replacement capacity. Slow growth or volatility in the demand for renewable energy specifically could also have a material adverse effect on our plan to grow our business.

Additionally, the development of new renewable energy sources and the overall growth of the renewable energy industry has generally been supported by various local, state or provincial, national, supranational and international policies. For example, the renewable energy market currently benefits from the availability of certain financial and regulatory support, enhancing the attractiveness of renewable energy to purchasers and the economic return available. Various government bodies provide incentives to owners, manufacturers, distributors, system integrators, and end users of renewable energy products, to include financial incentives such as tax credits and rebates. Such incentives vary widely in scope and duration by jurisdiction. To the extent these supports and incentives expire, it may reduce the demand for and negatively impact the market for renewable energy. For example, some jurisdictions have RPSs for electric power generation, mandating that a certain percentage of the grid be powered by renewable energy. Several jurisdictions are expected to reach their current RPS targets within the next several years. If these targets are not increased, if they are decreased, or if other financial and regulatory incentives are not extended, the demand for additional renewable generation could decrease. This could adversely impact the economic value of our existing and planned operations, which may have a material adverse effect on our business, prospects, and financial condition. Alternatively, to the extent that such programs and incentives are implemented or extended, but in a form where we are ineligible to participate or take advantage but our competitors or customers are, or where these programs and incentives provide greater benefits to our competitors, this may impact the demand for our products and services. For instance, some states may implement “Clean Energy Standards” which may, in addition to renewables, contemplate the use of nuclear, carbon capture, and other renewable energy alternatives.

Any political changes in the jurisdictions in which we operate, particularly those that reduce, eliminate, or cause to expire government incentives for renewable energy, may impact the competitiveness of renewable energy or the growth of the industry generally and the economic value of certain of our projects in particular.

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Developments in alternative energy transition, energy efficiency technologies and energy storage could negatively impact the demand for our capacity, power generation, and battery operations.

Renewable energy production, such as solar and battery, face competition from several other energy transition technologies, to include hydrogen and fossil fuel energy generation paired with carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration (“CCUS”), among others. The demand for renewable energy may be materially and adversely affected by the development of such alternative technologies. For example, CCUS may improve the emissions profile of natural gas such that it maintains a role as a preferred alternative to renewable-based electricity generation. Similarly, hydrogen may be considered a better means of energy production than renewables or a better long-term or long-distance energy storage mechanism than batteries. Regulatory bodies could adopt rules that favor certain forms of energy generation and storage over others, which may not include renewables, such as solar, or battery storage. Alternative storage technologies may limit the demand for lithium-ion batteries or similar electrochemical technologies. If any of the above cause or contribute to a lower demand for electricity generated from renewable sources, particularly solar, or battery storage, it could adversely impact our long-term growth, business, results of operations, and financial condition.

Additionally, advances in energy efficiency technologies may reduce the demand for electricity and, subsequently, for our products and services. For more information, see our risk factor titled “Changes in demand for power or power derived from renewable energy sources specifically may adversely affect our business.”

Changes in our credit ratings may have an adverse effect on our financial position and ability to raise capital.

Our cost of borrowing under our credit facilities and our ability and the terms under which we may access the credit markets are affected by credit ratings assigned to us by the major credit rating agencies. These ratings are premised on our performance under assorted financial metrics and other measures of financial strength, business and financial risk, industry conditions, timeliness of financial reporting and other factors determined by the credit rating agencies. Our current ratings have served to lower our borrowing costs and facilitate access to a variety of lenders. However, there can be no assurance that our credit ratings or outlook will not be lowered in the future in response to adverse changes in these metrics and factors caused by our operating results or by actions that we take, that reduce our profitability, or that require us to incur additional indebtedness for items such as substantial acquisitions, significant increases in costs and capital spending in security and IT systems, significant costs related to settlements of litigation or regulatory requirements or by returning excess cash to shareholders through dividends. A downgrade of our credit ratings would increase our cost of borrowing, negatively affect our ability to access the capital markets on advantageous terms, or at all, negatively affect the trading price of our securities, and have a significant negative impact on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We have and will continue to have high levels of indebtedness and our relatively large fixed costs magnify the impact of revenues fluctuations on our operating results.

We had $2.2 billion of indebtedness as of June 30, 2023, primarily consisting of $127.0 million outstanding under our New Revolving Credit Facility, $277.5 million outstanding under our Warehouse Facility (as defined herein), $406.7 million, $561.4 million and $247.3 million outstanding under our secured notes due 2044, 2046 and 2047, respectively, and $627.7 million of project-level debt, as discussed more fully in Note 7 to our unaudited consolidated financial statements. On February 3, 2023, we entered into the New Revolving Credit Facility and fully repaid and terminated the Subscription Facility. For more information, please see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Project and Corporate-Level Financing” and “Use of Proceeds.”

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Because borrowings under our New Revolving Credit Facility and Warehouse Facility bear interest at variable rates, any increase in interest rates on debt that we have not fixed using interest rate swap agreements will increase our interest expense, reduce our cash flow or increase the cost of future borrowings or refinancings. As of June 30, 2023, we have $366.9 million of indebtedness for which interest rates have been fixed pursuant to interest rate swap agreements. Our indebtedness could have important consequences to our investors, including, but not limited to:

• increasing vulnerability to, and reducing its flexibility to respond to, general adverse economic and industry conditions;

• requiring the dedication of a substantial portion of cash flow from operations to the payment of principal of, and interest on, our indebtedness, thereby reducing the availability of such cash flow to fund working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions, joint ventures or other general corporate purposes;

• limiting flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business and the competitive environment; and

• limiting our ability to borrow additional funds and increasing the cost of any such borrowing.

Other than variable rate debt, we believe our business has relatively large fixed costs and low variable costs, which magnifies the impact of revenue fluctuations on our operating results. As a result, a decline in our revenues may lead to a relatively larger impact on operating results. A substantial portion of our operating expenses will be related to general and administrative expenses and operations and maintenance expenses, none of which can be adjusted quickly and some of which cannot be adjusted at all. Our operating expense levels will be based on our expectations for future revenues. If actual revenues are below management’s expectations, or if our expenses increase before revenues do, both revenues less transaction-based expenses and operating results would be materially and adversely affected. Because of these factors, it is possible that our operating results or other operating metrics may fail to meet the expectations of stock market analysts and investors. If this happens, the market price of our common stock may be adversely affected.

Adverse developments affecting the financial services industry, such as actual events or concerns involving liquidity, defaults, or non-performance by financial institutions or transactional counterparties, could adversely affect our current and projected business operations and our financial condition and results of operations.

Actual events involving limited liquidity, defaults, non-performance or other adverse developments that affect financial institutions, transactional counterparties or other companies in the financial services industry or the financial services industry generally, or concerns or rumors about any events of these kinds or other similar risks, have in the past and may in the future lead to market-wide liquidity problems. For example, on March 10, 2023, Silicon Valley Bank (“SVB”) was closed by the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation, which appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) as receiver. Similarly, on March 12, 2023, Signature Bank and Silvergate Capital Corp. were each swept into receivership, and on May 1, 2023, First Republic Bank was swept into receivership. Although a statement by the Department of the Treasury, the Federal Reserve and the FDIC indicated that all depositors of SVB would have access to all of their money after only one business day of closure, including funds held in uninsured deposit accounts, borrowers under credit agreements, letters of credit and certain other financial instruments with SVB, Signature Bank, First Republic Bank or any other financial institution that is placed into receivership by the FDIC may be unable to access undrawn amounts thereunder. Although we do not have any funds deposited with SVB, Signature Bank and First Republic Bank, we currently, and may in the future, have assets held at financial institutions that may exceed the insurance coverage offered by the FDIC, and the loss of such assets would have a severe negative affect on our operations and liquidity. In addition, if any of

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our customers, suppliers or other parties with whom we conduct business are unable to access funds pursuant to such instruments or lending arrangements with such a financial institution, such parties’ ability to pay their obligations to us or to enter into new commercial arrangements requiring additional payments to us could be adversely affected.

We are subject to non-competition covenants under the Internalization Agreement, which may limit our operations in certain respects.

We are subject to non-competition covenants in the Internalization Agreement, until the earlier of (i) the six year anniversary of the completion of this offering or (ii) if a specified change of control transaction has occurred, the later of the second anniversary of completion of this offering or the date of the specified change of control transaction. During this period of time, subject to certain exceptions, we will generally be prohibited from (1) (A) providing or agreeing to provide recommendations with respect to the purchase or sale of assets of any type for non-affiliates in exchange for compensation (other than certain compensation typically received by operating companies in our industry), (B) meeting the definition of an investment company or an investment advisor under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and (C) certain other activities that would require us to act in a fiduciary capacity or participate in capital raising transactions on behalf of third parties in exchange for compensation (collectively, and as further defined in the Internalization Agreement, “Investment Management Activities”), (2) owning any interest in an entity engaged in such Investment Management Activities and (3) receiving or having a contractual right to receive consideration relating to Investment Management Activities on behalf of any person other than the Company, OpCo or MN8 Energy LLC and any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company, OpCo or MN8 Energy LLC. For additional information, please see “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions—Internalization Agreement.”

Risks Related to Taxes and Regulations

We may fail to comply with the conditions in, or may not be able to maintain, our governmental permits.

Our solar energy and energy storage systems are, and any assets which we may acquire will be, required to comply with numerous supranational, federal, regional, state, provincial and local statutory and regulatory standards and to maintain numerous licenses, permits and governmental approvals required for operation. Some of the licenses, permits and governmental approvals that have been issued to our operations contain conditions and restrictions, or may have limited terms. If we fail to satisfy the conditions or comply with the restrictions imposed by our licenses, permits and governmental approvals, or the restrictions imposed by any statutory or regulatory requirements, we may become subject to regulatory enforcement or be subject to fines, penalties or additional costs or revocation of regulatory approvals, permits or licenses. In addition, if we are not able to renew, maintain or obtain all necessary licenses, permits and governmental approvals required for the continued operation or further development of our projects, the operation or development of our assets may be limited or suspended. Our failure to renew, maintain or obtain all necessary licenses, permits or governmental approvals may have a material adverse effect on our assets, liabilities, business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flow.

We may be involved in litigation and other disputes and may be subject to governmental and regulatory investigations.

In the normal course of our operations, we and our affiliates may be involved in various legal actions such as contractual disputes and other litigation that could expose us to liability for damages and potential negative publicity associated with such legal actions. The outcome with respect to outstanding, pending or future actions cannot be predicted with certainty and may be adverse to us

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and, as a result, could have an adverse effect on our assets, liabilities, business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flow and reputation. We and our affiliates are also subject to governmental or regulatory investigations from time to time. Governmental and regulatory investigations, regardless of its outcome, are generally costly, divert management attention, and have the potential to damage our reputation. The unfavorable resolution of any governmental or regulatory investigation could result in criminal liability, fines, penalties or other monetary or non-monetary remedies and could materially affect our business or results of operations.

Change in existing regulatory requirements for solar facilities or a change in U.S. presidential administrations could adversely affect the regulatory landscape for renewable energy, including solar power.

While we have benefited from policies under the current presidential administration, such as the Inflation Reduction Act, changes in existing regulatory requirements could make it more costly for us to permit and therefore construct, develop and operate our facilities. For example, one state’s legislature recently considered adopting legislation that would have imposed more burdensome environmental permitting requirements and fees on renewable energy projects. While this legislation did not pass, the same or similar legislation could be reintroduced in the future or in other states in which we operate. Any changes that make it more burdensome or costly to permit, develop, construct and operate solar facilities has the potential to materially and adversely impact our business, financial condition and results of operations. In addition, at the federal level, a change in presidential administrations in 2024 may negatively impact the regulatory landscape in which we operate or shift federal incentives for energy production away from renewable sources to fossil fuel sources. For example, in July 2023, an influential conservative think tank published a set of policy initiatives and recommendations as a roadmap for the first 180 days of a future change in presidential administration that, among other things, would aim to block the expansion of the electrical grid for wind and solar energy, reduce funding for the Environmental Protection Agency’s environmental justice office and close the Department of Energy’s renewable energy offices. To the extent that a new administration may implement policies like these or similar ones that adversely affect the adoption of solar energy, we may experience additional challenges in expanding our operations and our business, financial condition and results of operations could be materially and adversely impacted.

We are subject to complex environmental, health, and safety laws and regulations that may affect our operations.

Our operations are subject to numerous environmental, health, and safety (“EHS”) laws and regulations in the jurisdictions in which we operate. These laws and regulations require that we obtain, maintain, and comply with permits, licenses, and other approvals, engage in review processes, and implement EHS programs and procedures to control risks associated with the siting, construction, operation, and decommissioning of power projects. Some projects, in order to obtain permits, licenses, and other approvals, are required to undergo environmental impact assessments and, if applicable, install or undertake programs that safeguard protected species, sites, or otherwise limit the impacts of their operations. If such programs are unsuccessful, our projects could be subject to increased levels of delay; costly mitigation or remediation requirements; operational curtailment; penalties; or revocation of our permits. Moreover, various parties may choose to challenge certain of our permits or authorizations or bring legal complaints for alleged non-compliance with laws and regulations. This may cause us to incur defense costs and/or perform additional mitigation or remedial activities or otherwise delay construction activities. We may also be subject to local opposition, to include efforts by environmental groups, which could attract negative publicity or have an adverse impact on our reputation and ability to timely complete projects.

Our operations are subject to stringent and complex laws and regulations relating to the generation, use, handling, storage, recycling, disposal and exposure to solid and hazardous wastes,

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which laws are subject to change. In the course of our operations, we may generate solid or certain hazardous wastes through the disposal of solar panels, spent batteries, and other materials utilized in our operations. Additionally, environmental laws can result in the imposition of liability in connection with end-of-life system disposal, to include the disposal of and recycling of solar panels or batteries, amongst other wastes generated in connection with our operations. These laws, such as the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (“CERCLA”), may impose strict, joint, and several liability, without regard to fault or the legality of the activities giving rise to the claim, for the investigation and remediation of areas where hazardous substances may have been released or disposed. We may also become liable under certain of these laws and regulations for costs to investigate or remediate contamination at properties we own or operate, that we formerly owned or operated, or that have received our hazardous waste for disposal or treatment. Remediation liabilities can be substantial, the costs of which may not be covered by insurance.

We may also incur substantial costs to maintain compliance with EHS laws and regulations. Such costs could increase if existing laws and regulations are revised or reinterpreted or if new laws or regulations become applicable to our operations. Any failure to comply with such laws and regulations may result in the imposition of restrictions on our operating activities, adverse publicity, administrative, civil or criminal liabilities, injunctions, third-party property damage or personal injury claims, investigatory, cleanup or other remedial costs, or other adverse effects on our business, financial condition, or results of operations. Furthermore, future developments such as more stringent enforcement policies, or the discovery of presently unknown environmental conditions may require expenditures that could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations. Additionally, changes in wholesale market structures or rules, such as generation curtailment requirements or limitations to access the power grid, could have a material adverse effect on our ability to generate revenues from our facilities and any environmental attributes we may generate in connection with our operations. For example, in North America, many of our assets are subject to the operating and market-setting rules determined by independent system operators. These independent system operators could introduce rules that adversely impact our operations by limiting our ability to recover certain costs or by favoring certain types of power generation over others.

Our operations also require us to ensure our employees receive adequate training and guidance to follow the health, safety, and security policies, procedures, and programs we implement in order to effectively comply with applicable EHS laws and regulations. The consequences of our employees receiving inadequate training or failing to follow the policies, procedures, and programs in place could be harmful to us, impairing our operations, causing us to incur significant legal liability or fines, result in reputational damage, and negatively impacting employee morale. In addition, worker safety incidents occurring in connection with our operations could expose us to personal injury claims or fines and penalties from governmental authorities, the costs of which may not be covered by insurance. The occurrence of any of these events or any changes, additions to or more rigorous enforcement of EHS laws and regulations could have an adverse impact on operations and result in additional material expenditures. Additional EHS issues relating to presently known or unknown matters may require unanticipated expenditures, or result in fines, penalties or other consequences (including changes to operations) that may be adverse to our business and results of operations. See “Business—Environmental Laws and Regulations” for additional information regarding certain environmental requirements applicable to our operations.

Our business is subject to physical hazards that could result in substantial liabilities and weaken our financial condition.

We are subject to a number of federal and state laws and regulations relating to our workforce, including the federal Occupational Safety and Health Act, as amended (“OSHA”), which establishes requirements to protect the health and safety of workers. Many of our operations expose our workers to heavy equipment, mechanical failures, hazardous conditions, transportation accidents, adverse weather

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conditions, and the risk of damage to equipment and property. These hazards can cause personal injuries and loss of life, severe damage to or destruction of property and equipment and other consequential damages and could lead to suspension of operations, large damage claims and litigation which could, in some cases, substantially exceed the amount we charge for the associated services. The occurrence of accidents in our business could result in significant liabilities, worker turnover, increase the costs of our projects, or harm our ability to perform under our contracts or enter into new customer contracts, all of which could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, profitability, cash flows and growth prospects. Further, to the extent our reputation or safety record is adversely affected, our customer relationships may be negatively impacted.

Our operations are highly regulated and may be exposed to increased regulation, which could result in additional costs to us.

Our solar energy systems are subject to extensive regulation by various government agencies and regulatory bodies in different countries at the federal, regional, state, provincial and local level. As legal requirements frequently change and are subject to interpretation and discretion, we may be unable to predict the ultimate cost of compliance with these requirements or their effect on our operations. Any new law, rule or regulation could require additional expenditure to achieve or maintain compliance or could adversely impact our ability to generate and deliver energy. Also, operations that are not currently regulated may become subject to regulation, which could result in additional cost to its business.

In March 2022, the SEC proposed new rules relating to the disclosure of a range of climate-related risks. As proposed, the rules would require, among other items, disclosure of physical risks resulting from the impacts of climate change, such as the potential for increasing severity and frequency of weather events, changes in precipitation, and sea level rise. In some cases, such disclosures would require a high degree of specificity; for example, the location by zip code of assets subject to flooding risk. A final rule is anticipated in the second half of 2023. If the rules are finalized as proposed, we may incur materially increased costs in order to comply with the rules’ requirements.

Electric utility policies and regulations, including those affecting electric rates, may present regulatory and economic barriers to the purchase and use of solar energy systems that may significantly reduce demand for electricity from our solar energy systems and adversely impact our results of operations.

Federal, state and local government regulations and policies concerning the electric utility industry, utility rates and rate structures and internal policies and regulations promulgated by electric utilities, heavily influence the market for electricity generation products and services. These regulations and policies often relate to electricity pricing. Policies and regulations that promote renewable energy and distributed energy generation have been challenged by centralized electric utilities and questioned by those in government and others arguing for less governmental spending and involvement in the energy market. To the extent such views are reflected in government policies and regulations, the changes in such policies and regulations could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. Furthermore, any effort to overturn federal and state laws, regulations or policies that are supportive of solar energy generation and energy storage or that remove costs or other limitations on other types of energy generation that compete with solar energy systems could materially and adversely affect our business.

In the U.S., governmental authorities and state public service commissions that determine utility rates, rate structures and the terms and conditions of electric service continuously modify these regulations and policies. These regulations and policies could result in a significant reduction in the potential demand for electricity from our solar energy and energy storage systems and could deter customers from entering into PPAs with us or from re-contracting PPAs on terms favorable to us.

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Increases in the cost or reduction in supply of solar energy and energy storage system components due to tariffs or trade restrictions imposed by the U.S. government could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

China is a major producer of solar cells and other solar products. Certain solar cells, modules, laminates and panels from China are subject to various U.S. antidumping and countervailing duty rates, depending on the exporter supplying the product, imposed by the U.S. government as a result of determinations that the U.S. was materially injured as a result of such imports being sold at less than fair value and subsidized by the Chinese government. We have purchased these products from manufacturers in China in the past and may continue to do so in the future. In addition, tariffs on solar cells, modules and inverters in China may put upward pressure on prices of these products in other jurisdictions from which we currently purchase equipment, which could reduce our ability to offer competitive pricing to potential customers.

On February 4, 2022, the President of the U.S. issued Proclamation 10339, extending the safeguard tariffs on imported solar cells and modules to provide relief to U.S. manufacturers and impose safeguard tariffs on imported solar cells and modules for an additional four years, based on the investigations, findings, and recommendations of the U.S. International Trade Commission (the “International Trade Commission”). Modules are subject to a four-year tariff at a rate of 14.75% in the first year, declining 0.25% in each of the three subsequent years, to a final tariff rate of 14% in 2026. Cells are subject to a tariff-rate quota, under which the first 5 GW of cell imports each year will be exempt from tariffs; and cells imported after the 5 GW quota has been reached will be subject to the same 14.75% tariff as modules in the first year, with the same 0.25% decline in each of the three subsequent years. The tariff-free cell quota applies globally, without any allocation by country or region.

Additionally, the U.S. government has imposed various trade restrictions on Chinese entities determined to be acting contrary to U.S. foreign policy and national security interests. For example, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security has added a number of Chinese entities to its entity list for enabling human rights abuses in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (“XUAR”) or for procuring U.S. technology to advance China’s military modernization efforts, thereby imposing severe trade restrictions against these designated entities. Moreover, on June 23, 2021, U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued a Withhold Release Order pursuant to Section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 excluding the entry into U.S. commerce silica-based products (such as polysilicon) manufactured by Hoshine Silicon Industry Co. Ltd. (“Hoshine”) and related companies, as well as goods made using those products, based on allegations relating to Hoshine labor practices in the XUAR to manufacture such products. Additionally, on December 23, 2021, the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, which effectively prohibits imports of any goods made either wholly or in part in the XUAR, was signed into law and went into effect on June 21, 2022. The law creates a rebuttable presumption banning “the importation of goods made, manufactured, or mined in the XUAR (and certain other categories of persons in China)” unless the importer meets certain due diligence standards, responds to all inquiries from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) related to forced labor and the CBP determines, based on “clear and convincing evidence,” that the goods in question were not produced wholly or in part by forced labor. We have implemented policies and controls to mitigate risk of forced labor in our supply chain, and we do not believe that our suppliers source materials from the XUAR. However, these legal and policy developments could disrupt the renewable energy supply chain or cause our suppliers to renegotiate existing arrangements with us or fail to perform on such obligations. Broader policy uncertainty could also reduce Chinese panel production, affecting supplies and/or prices for panels, regardless of supplier. While we have developed multiple supply sources in a variety of countries, we could still be adversely affected by increases in our costs, negative publicity related to the industry and the sourcing of raw materials and finished equipment, or other adverse consequences to our business.

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An additional category of tariffs that may apply materials we rely upon in our solar energy systems is U.S. antidumping and countervailing duties (“AD/CVD”), depending on the exporter supplying the product. These duties are imposed by the U.S. government as a result of determinations that the U.S. industry was materially injured as a result of such imports being sold at less than fair value and subsidized by the Chinese government. The AD/CVD discussed above are subject to annual review and may be increased or decreased. In addition, petitioners are able to file anti-circumvention petitions alleging that materials manufactured in other countries are circumventing AD/CVD on products from China. Such a petition was filed in August of 2021, before being rejected by the U.S. Department of Commerce in November of 2021. More recently, in February of 2022, a petitioner asked the U.S. Department of Commerce (the “DOC”) to investigate whether companies are circumventing the Chinese AD/CVD by manufacturing crystalline silicon cells and modules in Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia, and this petition remains pending. While the Biden Administration declared a two-year tariff exemption on solar equipment imports from Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia in June 2022, the existence of such petitions and possibility of further petitions and investigations create uncertainty related to the supply of solar modules, which can negatively impact the global solar market and the timing and viability of solar projects in our development pipeline, which could have a material adverse effect on our business and our growth.

By the end of 2021, we had identified high-quality suppliers outside of China and reduced the extent to which our supply chain for our projects is subject to existing tariffs, as we have entered into customer relationships with manufacturers in many other countries that will be able to independently produce materials for our solar energy and battery energy storage systems in the near term. While these actions have the intention of minimizing the effect of tariffs and potential supply chain disruptions on our business by reducing our reliance on China, we may not succeed or be able to continue to do so on attractive terms or at all. For example, for solar projects reaching commercial operation date in 2022 and the first half of 2023, none of our modules were sourced from China. We anticipate the construction of 304 MW of solar energy and energy storage systems over the course of the second half of 2023 and 2024, a majority of which are either fully constructed or have shifted delivery risk to the applicable engineering, procurement and construction (“EPC”) contractors. Under our agreements with EPC contractors, delays driven by supply chain disruptions and/or any incremental costs due to constrained capacity in said supply chain would result in liquidated damages to the Company. We believe such liquidated damages could compensate us for any reasonably expected delays. Further, we expect to directly source approximately 218 MW of solar energy systems planned for construction in 2023 and 2024 from a variety of suppliers outside of China. However, the uncertainty around the DOC’s investigation into AD/CVD duties may expose us to increased product prices. While the Biden Administration’s tariff exemption reduces the near-term risk that our suppliers will be exposed to tariffs, to the extent there is a determination in the future that companies are circumventing such duties by manufacturing crystalline silicon cells and modules outside of China, we may experience a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We cannot predict what additional actions the U.S. may adopt with respect to tariffs or other trade regulations or what actions may be taken by other countries in retaliation for such measures. If additional measures are imposed or other negotiated outcomes occur, our ability to purchase these products on competitive terms or to access specialized technologies from other countries could be further limited, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

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Changes in effective tax rates, or adverse outcomes resulting from other tax increases or an examination of our income or other tax returns, could adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition.

Any changes in our effective tax rates or tax liabilities could adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition. Our future effective tax rates or tax liabilities could be subject to volatility or adversely affected by a number of factors, including:

• changes in the valuation of our deferred tax assets and liabilities;

• expected timing and amount of the release of any tax valuation allowances;

• expansion into or future activities in new jurisdictions;

• the availability of tax deductions, credits, exemptions, refunds, and other benefits to reduce tax liabilities;

• tax effects of share-based compensation;

• changes in the tax characterization of certain of our activities or investments; and

• changes in tax laws, tax regulations, accounting principles, or interpretations or applications thereof.

For example, the Inflation Reduction Act extended certain tax credits for renewable energy facilities. As part of these changes, certain facilities will be subject to additional requirements and/or limitations which may increase the cost to develop or finance such facilities. The exact impact of these changes is not fully known. These and any other changes to government incentives that impose additional restrictions or favor certain renewable energy sources or projects over our renewable energy sources or projects could increase costs, limit our ability to utilize tax benefits, reduce our competitiveness, and/or adversely impact our growth, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

In addition, an adverse outcome arising from an examination of our income or other tax returns could result in higher tax exposure, penalties, interest, or other liabilities that could have an adverse effect on our operating results and financial condition.

Further, our ITCs will be subject to recapture if our relevant energy systems, including our solar or storage energy facilities cease to be qualifying property or undergo certain changes in ownership within five years of the date such system is placed in service. The amount of such recapture decreases for each successive year the relevant system is in place. If such recapture were to occur, we could owe certain tax liabilities or indemnities, including penalties and interest, based on those recaptured ITCs.

If either (a) the solar energy systems in which we are invested cease to be qualifying property or are disposed of within five years of the applicable placed in service date of such property or (b) the IRS makes a determination that the tax basis of any such solar energy system is materially lower than what was reported on the applicable tax returns, we may have to pay significant amounts to the partnerships that own such solar energy systems, to any purchasers of ITCs, to our tax-equity investors, and/or to the U.S. government, and any such payment obligations could adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition.

ITCs are subject to recapture if a solar energy system ceases to be qualifying property for any reason (e.g., due to a solar energy system becoming temporarily or permanently nonoperational) or if it is directly or indirectly disposed of within five years of its placed in service date. The ITCs subject to recapture with respect to a solar energy system decrease by 20% on each anniversary of such solar

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energy system’s placed in service date. If such a recapture event were to occur with respect to one of our solar energy systems in which we are invested, we could owe the partnership that owns such system, thetax-equityinvestors in such partnership, or an ITC purchaser, an amount equal to the value of theamount of the ITCs that were recaptured. We could also be subject to tax liabilities, including interest and penalties. Any such recapture could adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition.

The ITCs available to be claimed with respect to any solar energy system are determined in part by the tax basis of the applicable solar energy system. The tax basis of the solar energy systems in which we are invested are reported on the tax returns of the partnerships that own the applicable solar energy systems. The tax basis reported on any such tax return is typically based on the appraised fair market value of the applicable solar energy system and/or the purchaser price of any solar energy system. The IRS may review the basis on audit and determine whether any tax credits previously claimed should be reduced. In these circumstances, if the basis is determined to be less than reported, we may owe ourtax-equityinvestors or ITC purchasers an amount equal to the value of their share of the ITCs claimed on the difference, plus any costs and expenses associated with a challenge to that valuation. We could also be subject to tax liabilities, including interest and. Any such determination by the IRS could adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition.

If 50% or more of the value of our stock is held by tax-exempt entities that each own at least 5% of our stock and we do not file a timely irrevocable election to not be treated as a tax-exempt entity under Section 168(h)(6) of the Code, it could adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition. If we do make such an election, tax-exempt entities that own our stock may face adverse tax consequences from owning our shares.

We are invested in a number of partnership arrangements in which we customarily agree to indemnify the partnership and any other investor in the partnership for losses incurred if we become a tax-exempt entity for federal income tax purposes. Similarly, we may provide representations and/or indemnities to tax credit purchasers if we become a tax-exempt entity for federal income tax purposes. We may be considered a tax-exempt entity if 50% or more of the value of our stock is held by tax-exempt entities that each own at least 5% of our stock and we do not file a timely irrevocable election to not be treated as a tax-exempt entity for purposes of Section 168(h)(6) of the Code (any such election, a “Section 168(h)(6)(F) Election”). We may not be aware of ownership changes of our stock that would cause us to be considered a tax-exempt entity, or we may not be aware of such ownership changes in sufficient time, such that it is impracticable to timely make a Section 168(h)(6)(F) Election.

If we become a tax-exempt entity and we do not make a Section 168(h)(6)(F) Election, a portion of the assets held by partnerships in which we hold an interest could be classified as tax-exempt-use property. Tax-exempt use property is not qualifying property for purposes of the ITC, which could result in recapture or reduction of ITCs, and is ineligible for accelerated depreciation. If property of any partnership in which we hold an interest is classified as tax-exempt use property as a result of our new status as a tax-exempt entity, we could owe certain of our affected partnerships, or tax credit purchasers, or the other investors in such partnerships, an amount equal to the losses incurred by such persons from delayed depreciation deductions, recapture of ITCs and interest and penalties, which could adversely affect the results of our operations and financial condition.

If we would otherwise become a tax-exempt entity and do make a Section 168(h)(6)(F) Election, none of the assets of any of partnership in which we hold an interest would be classified as tax-exempt use property as a result of our ownership. However, our Section 168(h)(6)(F) Election would result in interest received or accrued from us, gain on the sale of our stock and certain dividends received or accrued from us being treated as “unrelated business taxable income” (“UBTI”) to any tax-exempt

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shareholder. The potential for income to be characterized as UBTI could make our shares an unsuitable investment for a tax-exempt entity. Tax-exempt shareholders are urged to consult their tax advisors regarding the tax consequences of an investment in our shares.

U.S. federal income tax law is not clear regarding when our projects can be considered to have been “placed in service,” and we have obligations to indemnify some of our tax-equity investors if the IRS is successful in asserting that the relevant tax-equity fund did not place in service the system it owns. If we were required to make any payments as a result of this indemnity, it could adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition.

Generally, only the entity that originally places a solar energy system in service may claim an ITC. The term “placed in service” for U.S. federal income tax purposes is not statutorily defined, and while the IRS and tax court decisions have provided general guidance related to the factors that should determine when property is placed in service for U.S. federal income tax purposes, it has not provided any guidance specifically related to this issue for solar energy systems. We currently have indemnification obligations in place with some of our tax-equity investors for ITC losses resulting from a determination that solar energy systems were placed in service for U.S. federal income tax purposes prior to being transferred to the relevant tax-equity fund. If the IRS were to assert that these solar energy systems were placed in service for U.S. federal income tax purposes before being transferred to the relevant tax-equity fund, it could lead to the loss of the ITCs claimed on these systems, and any resulting indemnification payments that we may be required to make to our tax-equity investors, now or in the future, could adversely affect our financial condition.

Changes in the treatment of renewable energy certificates may adversely impact our business.

A significant portion of our business revenue is generated from the sale of RECs, in particular SRECs. RECs represent the “renewable” nature of the electricity. The creation of RECs depends on the type of renewable energy, such as solar, and includes criteria such as location, size, date of operation of the project, and energy delivery needs. RECs can be sold bundled with electricity or sold separately. The demand for RECs, and their associated price, may change depending on the availability of renewable electricity in a particular jurisdiction and the need for other entities to purchase RECs to meet regulatory or other requirements or expectations. To the extent that renewable energy becomes more prevalent, the price of RECs could fall which would result in an adverse impact upon our revenues from the sale thereof. Additionally, some jurisdictions may favor certain types of renewable power generation over others with respect to the creation and value of RECs, which may impact the value of RECs. For example, the RPS in certain jurisdictions requires a minimum portion of the renewable capacity to be met by solar energy, which may result in a premium for SRECs. However, requirements related to the creation and value of RECs are subject to change, and it cannot be guaranteed that our operations will always generate higher value RECs. Furthermore, regulatory changes that lower the value assigned to RECs generated in connection with certain of our assets have the potential to materially adversely affect our financial condition.

We are required to comply with complex recordkeeping requirements associated with the generation and sale of RECs. Such requirements become more complex when RECs are separated from the electricity produced at our projects. If we do not comply with recordkeeping requirements, this could result in less RECs than expected. Separate sales may also impact how we are allowed to characterize the REC-less electricity, which could adversely impact our operations.

Changes to, or reductions in, tax credits and other financial incentives could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operation.

Our business depends in part on current government policies that promote and support solar energy and enhance the economic viability of solar energy systems. These incentives include tax

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credits and other financial incentives. A loss of, or reduction in, such incentives could decrease the attractiveness of new solar energy systems to tax-equity investors, which could adversely impact our business and our access to capital.

The federal government currently offers an ITC for the installation of certain solar energy facilities owned for business purposes. If construction on the facility began before January 1, 2020, the amount of the ITC available is 30%. If construction began during 2020 or 2021, and the facility was placed in service prior to January 1, 2022, the amount of the ITC available is 26%. If the facility is placed in service on or after January 1, 2022, the ITC available is 30% so long as certain requirements relating to prevailing wages and apprentices are satisfied or an exception to such requirements applies. The ITC has been a significant driver of the financing supporting the adoption of solar energy systems in the United States. Any future reduction in these tax credits may impact the attractiveness of solar energy systems and have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

The economics of purchasing a solar energy system and energy storage system are also improved by eligibility for accelerated depreciation, also known as the modified accelerated cost recovery system (“MACRS”), which allows for the depreciation of equipment according to an accelerated schedule set forth by the IRS. This accelerated schedule allows a taxpayer, such as a tax-equity investor, to recognize the depreciation of tangible solar property on a five-year basis even though the useful life of such property is generally greater than five years. To the extent that these policies are changed in a manner that reduces the incentives that benefit our business, we may experience reduced revenues and increased financing costs and encounter difficulty obtaining financing.

The book value of our solar energy systems reflects in part the value attributable to the ITCs available to be claimed with respect to such systems, and any revaluation of such systems subsequent to the claiming of such ITCs—as a result of a sale of such systems or otherwise—would likely reflect an impairment reflective of the loss of such ITC value.

The book value of our solar energy systems reflects in part the value attributable to the ITCs available to be claimed with respect to such systems, and any revaluation of such systems subsequent to the claiming of such ITCs—as a result of a sale of such systems or otherwise—would likely reflect an impairment associated with the loss of such ITC value. As described further in the notes to the consolidated financial statements contained elsewhere in this prospectus, management reviews its long-lived assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. The cash flow estimates used both for estimating fair value and the undiscounted cash flow analysis are inherently judgmental and reflect current and projected trends in electricity rates, electricity production, SREC prices, operating expenses and estimated useful lives for the applicable assets. If an indicator of potential impairment exists, the asset is tested for impairment by comparing its carrying value to the estimated future undiscounted cash flows. To the extent an impairment loss is necessary, the excess of the carrying value of the asset over its estimated fair value is recognized as an adjustment to the cost of the asset and a charge against our earnings for the period in which such impairment is recognized.

Risks Related to this Offering and Our Common Stock

We have a history of losses and may not achieve or sustain profitability in the future.

We have suffered recurring losses from operations and have been dependent on new investment to sustain our operations. During the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020, we reported net losses of $45.0 million, $56.2 million and $20.3 million, respectively, and during the six months ended June 30, 2023, we reported a net loss of $24.6 million. We may not achieve profitability in the

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foreseeable future, if at all. In addition, our operating expenses may be more than our future revenue growth. We expect our future cost of revenue and operating expenses to continue to increase in the foreseeable future as we continue to expand our operations.

The requirements of being a public company, including compliance with the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, and the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, may strain our resources, increase our costs and distract management, and we may be unable to comply with these requirements in a timely or cost-effective manner.

As a public company, we will need to comply with new laws, regulations and requirements, certain corporate governance provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, related regulations of the SEC and the requirements of the NYSE, with which we are not required to comply as a private company. Complying with these statutes, regulations and requirements will occupy a significant amount of time of our board of directors and management and will significantly increase our costs and expenses. We will need to:

• institute a more comprehensive compliance function;

• comply with rules promulgated by the NYSE;

• continue to prepare and distribute periodic public reports in compliance with our obligations under the federal securities laws;

• establish new internal policies, such as those relating to insider trading; and

• involve and retain to a greater degree outside counsel and accountants in the above activities.

Furthermore, while we generally must comply with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 for our fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, we are not required to have our independent registered public accounting firm attest to the effectiveness of our internal controls until our first annual report subsequent to our ceasing to be a “non-accelerated filer.” Accordingly, we may not be required to have our independent registered public accounting firm attest to the effectiveness of our internal controls until as late as our second annual report following the offering. Once it is required to do so, our independent registered public accounting firm may issue a report that is adverse in the event it is not satisfied with the level at which our controls are documented, designed, operated or reviewed. Compliance with these requirements may strain our resources, increase our costs and distract management, and we may be unable to comply with these requirements in a timely or cost-effective manner.

In addition, we expect that being a public company subject to these rules and regulations may make it more difficult and more expensive for us to obtain director and officer liability insurance and we may be required to accept reduced policy limits and coverage or incur substantially higher costs to obtain the same or similar coverage. As a result, it may be more difficult for us to attract and retain qualified individuals to serve on our board of directors or as executive officers. We are currently evaluating these rules, and we cannot predict or estimate the amount of additional costs we may incur or the timing of such costs.

If we fail to develop or maintain an effective system of internal controls, we may not be able to accurately report our financial results or prevent fraud. As a result, current and potential stockholders could lose confidence in our financial reporting, which would harm our business and the trading price of our common stock.

Effective internal controls are necessary for us to provide reliable financial reports, prevent fraud and operate successfully as a public company. If we cannot provide reliable financial reports or prevent

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fraud, our reputation and operating results would be harmed. We cannot be certain that our efforts to develop and maintain our internal controls will be successful, that we will be able to maintain adequate controls over our financial processes and reporting in the future or that we will be able to comply with our obligations under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. In this regard, we may face particular challenges given our historical reliance on GSAM to externally manage us pursuant to the Management Services Agreement and the risk that we may not be able to retain all accounting, legal, information technology and other personnel and systems that we have historically been provided to us following the Internalization Transaction. Any failure to develop or maintain effective internal controls, or difficulties encountered in implementing or improving our internal controls, could harm our operating results or cause us to fail to meet our reporting obligations. Ineffective internal controls could also cause investors to lose confidence in our reported financial information, which would likely have a negative effect on the trading price of our common stock.

The initial public offering price of our common stock may not be indicative of the market price of our common stock after this offering. In addition, an active, liquid and orderly trading market for our common stock may not develop or be maintained, and our stock price may be volatile.

Prior to this offering, our common stock was not traded on any market. An active, liquid and orderly trading market for our common stock may not develop or be maintained after this offering. Active, liquid and orderly trading markets usually result in less price volatility and more efficiency in carrying out investors’ purchase and sale orders. The market price of our common stock could vary significantly as a result of a number of factors, some of which are beyond our control. In the event of a drop in the market price of our common stock, you could lose a substantial part or all of your investment in our common stock. The initial public offering price will be negotiated between us and the representatives of the underwriters, based on numerous factors which we discuss in “Underwriting (Conflicts of Interest),” and may not be indicative of the market price of our common stock after this offering. Consequently, you may not be able to sell shares of our common stock at prices equal to or greater than the price paid by you in this offering.

The following factors could affect our stock price:

• quarterly variations in our financial and operating results;

• the public reaction to our press releases, our other public announcements and our filings with the SEC;

• strategic actions by our competitors;

• changes in revenue or earnings estimates, or changes in recommendations or withdrawal of research coverage, by equity research analysts;

• speculation in the press or investment community;

• the failure of research analysts to cover our common stock;

• sales of our common stock by us or other stockholders, or the perception that such sales may occur;

• changes in accounting principles, policies, guidance, interpretations or standards;

• additions or departures of key management personnel;

• actions by our stockholders;

• general market conditions, including fluctuations in commodity prices;

• domestic and international economic, legal and regulatory factors unrelated to our performance; and

• the realization of any risks described under this “Risk Factors” section.

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The stock markets in general have experienced extreme volatility that has often been unrelated to the operating performance of particular companies. These broad market fluctuations may adversely affect the trading price of our common stock. Securities class-action litigation has often been instituted against companies following periods of volatility in the overall market and in the market price of a company’s securities. Such litigation, if instituted against us, could result in very substantial costs, divert our management’s attention and resources and harm our business, operating results and financial condition.

Certain of the Existing Owners will hold a significant portion of the voting power of our common stock.

While we do not expect to be a “controlled company” within the meaning of NYSE’s corporate governance standards, upon completion of this offering (assuming no exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares and an assumed initial public offering price for our common stock of $             per share (the midpoint of the price range set forth on the cover of this prospectus)), GSAM and the UC Regents will own approximately     % of our common stock. As a result, they will have significant influence on the outcome of all matters requiring stockholder approval, including mergers and other material transactions and the composition of our board of directors. The existence of a significant stockholder may also have the effect of deterring hostile takeovers, delaying or preventing changes in control or changes in management, or limiting the ability of our other stockholders to approve transactions that they may deem to be in our best interests.

So long as GSAM and the UC Regents continue to control a significant amount of our common stock, they will continue to be able to strongly influence all matters requiring stockholder approval, regardless of whether or not other stockholders believe that a potential transaction is in their own best interests. In any of these matters, their interests may differ or conflict with the interests of our other stockholders. In addition, they may, from time to time, acquire interests in businesses that directly or indirectly compete with our business, as well as businesses that are significant existing or potential customers. Such entities and persons may acquire or seek to acquire assets that we seek to acquire and, as a result, those acquisition opportunities may not be available to us or may be more expensive for us to pursue. Moreover, this concentration of stock ownership may also adversely affect the trading price of our common stock to the extent investors perceive a disadvantage in owning stock of a company with a significant stockholder.

Certain Designated Parties are not limited in their ability to compete with us, and the corporate opportunity provisions in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation could enable such Designated Parties and their respective affiliates to benefit from corporate opportunities that might otherwise be available to us.

Our governing documents will provide that our directors who are not also our officers, including any such directors affiliated with GSAM, and their respective portfolio investments and affiliates (collectively, the “Designated Parties”) are not restricted from owning assets or engaging in businesses that compete directly or indirectly with us. In particular, subject to the limitations of applicable law, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation will, among other things:

• permit such Designated Parties to conduct business that competes with us and to make investments in any kind of property in which we may make investments; and

• provide that if such Designated Parties, or any employee, partner, member, manager, officer or director of such Designated Parties who is also one of our directors, becomes aware of a potential business opportunity, transaction or other matter, they will have no duty to communicate or offer that opportunity to us.

The Designated Parties may become aware, from time to time, of certain business opportunities (such as acquisition opportunities) and may direct such opportunities to other businesses in which they

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have invested, in which case we may not become aware of or otherwise have the ability to pursue such opportunity. Furthermore, such businesses may choose to compete with us for these opportunities, possibly causing these opportunities to not be available to us or causing them to be more expensive for us to pursue. In addition, the Designated Parties may dispose of solar energy and energy storage systems in the future, without any obligation to offer us the opportunity to purchase any of those assets. As a result, our renouncing our interest and expectancy in any business opportunity that may be from time to time presented to the Designated Parties could adversely impact our business or prospects if attractive business opportunities are procured by such parties for their own benefit rather than for ours. Please read “Description of Capital Stock.”

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and bylaws, as well as Delaware law, will contain provisions that could discourage acquisition bids or merger proposals, which may adversely affect the market price of our common stock and could deprive our investors of the opportunity to receive a premium for their shares.

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation will authorize our board of directors to issue preferred stock without stockholder approval in one or more series, designate the number of shares constituting any series, and fix the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions thereof, including dividend rights, voting rights, rights and terms of redemption, redemption price or prices and liquidation preferences of such series. If our board of directors elects to issue preferred stock, it could be more difficult for a third party to acquire us. In addition, some provisions of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and bylaws could make it more difficult for a third party to acquire control of us, even if the change of control would be beneficial to our stockholders. These provisions include:

• initially dividing our board of directors into three classes of directors, with each class serving staggered three-year terms, and transitioning to an annually elected board at the third annual meeting following the completion of this offering;

• providing that all vacancies, including newly created directorships, may, except as otherwise required by law or, if applicable, the rights of holders of a series of preferred stock, only be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of directors then in office, even if less than a quorum (prior to such time, vacancies may also be filled by stockholders holding a majority of the outstanding shares);

• permitting any action by stockholders to be taken only at an annual meeting or special meeting rather than by a written consent of the stockholders, subject to the rights of any series of preferred stock with respect to such rights;

• permitting special meetings of our stockholders to be called only by our board of directors pursuant to a resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the total number of authorized directors whether or not there exist any vacancies in previously authorized directorships;

• requiring, while we have a staggered board, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 66.66% in voting power of all then outstanding common stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class, to remove any or all of the directors from office at any time, and directors will be removable only for “cause;”

• prohibiting cumulative voting in the election of directors;

• establishing advance notice provisions for stockholder proposals and nominations for elections to the board of directors to be acted upon at meetings of stockholders; and

• providing that the board of directors is expressly authorized to adopt, or to alter or repeal our bylaws.

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Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation will designate the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware and, to the extent enforceable, the federal district courts of the United States of America as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers, employees or agents.

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation will provide that, unless we consent in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on our or our stockholders’ behalf, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any of our current or former directors, officers, employees, agents and stockholders to us or our stockholders, (iii) any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the Delaware General Corporation Law (“DGCL”), our amended and restated certificate of incorporation or our bylaws, (iv) any action as to which the DGCL confers jurisdiction to the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, or (v) any other action asserting a claim that is governed by the internal affairs doctrine shall be the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware. Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation will also provide that, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the federal district courts of the U.S. are the exclusive forum for resolving any complaint asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act, subject to and contingent upon a final adjudication in the State of Delaware of the enforceability of such exclusive forum provision.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the exclusive forum provision does not apply to suits brought to enforce any liability or duty created by the Exchange Act or any other claim for which the federal courts have exclusive jurisdiction. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring an interest in any shares of our capital stock shall be deemed to have notice of and to have consented to the forum provisions in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation. These choice-of-forum provisions may limit a stockholder’s ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum that he, she or it believes to be favorable for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees, which may discourage such lawsuits. Alternatively, if a court were to find these provisions of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation inapplicable or unenforceable with respect to one or more of the specified types of actions or proceedings, we may incur additional costs associated with resolving such matters in other jurisdictions, which could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations and result in a diversion of the time and resources of our management and board of directors. For example, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware recently determined a provision stating that U.S. federal district courts are the exclusive forum for resolving any complaint asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act is not enforceable.

Future sales of our common stock in the public market, or the perception that such sales may occur, could reduce our stock price, and any additional capital raised by us through the sale of equity or convertible securities may dilute your ownership in us.

We may sell additional shares of our common stock in subsequent offerings. As of                 , 2023, after the completion of this offering, we will have                  outstanding shares of common stock, including                  shares of common stock that we are selling in this offering but excluding the                  shares of common stock that we may sell in this offering if the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares is fully exercised, which may be resold immediately in the public market. Following the completion of this offering, GSAM and the UC Regents (assuming an initial public offering price for our common stock of $             per share (the midpoint of the price range set forth on the cover of this prospectus)) will collectively own                  shares of common stock, representing approximately     % (or     % if the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares is exercised in full) of our outstanding common stock. All such shares, and other shares held by the Existing Owners, are restricted from immediate resale under the federal securities laws but may be sold into the market in the future. We expect that GSAM and the UC Regents will be party to a registration rights agreement

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with us that will require us to effect the registration of their shares in certain circumstances no earlier than the expiration of the lock-up period contained in the underwriting agreement entered into in connection with this offering. See “Shares Eligible for Future Sale” and “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions—Registration Rights Agreements.”

In connection with this offering, we intend to file a registration statement with the SEC on Form S-8 providing for the registration of                  shares of our common stock issued or reserved for issuance under our long-term incentive plan. Subject to the satisfaction of vesting conditions, the expiration of lock-up agreements and the requirements of Rule 144, shares registered under the registration statement on Form S-8 may be made available for resale immediately in the public market without restriction.

We cannot predict the size of future issuances of our common stock or securities convertible into common stock or the effect, if any, that future issuances and sales of shares of our common stock will have on the market price of our common stock. Sales of substantial amounts of our common stock (including shares issued in connection with an acquisition), or the perception that such sales could occur, may adversely affect prevailing market prices of our common stock.

If you purchase shares of our common stock sold in this offering, you will incur immediate and substantial dilution.

If you purchase shares of our common stock in this offering, you will incur immediate and substantial dilution in the amount of $             per share because the initial public offering price will be substantially higher than the pro forma net tangible book value per share of our outstanding common stock. This dilution will result because our earlier investors paid substantially less than the initial public offering price when they initially acquired their interests in us. In addition, you may also experience additional dilution upon future equity issuances, the exercise of stock options to purchase common stock granted to our employees and directors under our stock option and equity incentive plans or the exercise of warrants to purchase common stock. See “Dilution.”

The underwriters of this offering may waive or release parties to the lock-up agreements entered into in connection with this offering, which could adversely affect the price of our common stock.

We and all of our directors and executive officers have entered or will enter into lock-up agreements, and substantially all of our other stockholders immediately prior to this offering will be governed by provisions of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, in each case pursuant to which we and they will be subject to certain restrictions with respect to the sale or other disposition of our common stock for a period of                  days following the date of this prospectus. The underwriters, at any time and without notice, may release all or any portion of the common stock subject to the foregoing lock-up agreements. See “Underwriting (Conflicts of Interest)” for more information on these agreements. If the restrictions under the lock-up agreements are waived, then the common stock, subject to compliance with the Securities Act or exceptions therefrom, will be available for sale into the public markets, which could cause the market price of our common stock to decline and impair our ability to raise capital.

We may issue preferred stock the terms of which could adversely affect the voting power or value of our common stock.

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation will authorize us to issue, without the approval of our stockholders, one or more classes or series of preferred stock having such designations, preferences, limitations and relative rights, including preferences over our common stock

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respecting dividends and distributions, as our board of directors may determine. The terms of one or more classes or series of preferred stock could adversely impact the voting power or value of our common stock. For example, we might grant holders of preferred stock the right to elect some number of our directors in all events or on the happening of specified events or the right to veto specified transactions. Similarly, the repurchase or redemption rights or liquidation preferences we might assign to holders of preferred stock could affect the residual value of the common stock.

If securities or industry analysts do not publish research or reports about our business, if they adversely change their recommendations regarding our common stock or if our operating results do not meet their expectations, our stock price could decline.

The trading market for our common stock will be influenced by the research and reports that industry or securities analysts publish about us or our business. If one or more of these analysts ceases to cover us or fails to publish reports on us regularly, we could lose visibility in the financial markets, which in turn could cause our stock price or trading volume to decline. Moreover, if one or more of the analysts who covers us downgrades our common stock or if our operating results do not meet their expectations, our stock price could decline.

We are not, and do not intend to become, regulated as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Investment Company Act”) (and similar legislation in other jurisdictions) and, if we are deemed an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act, applicable restrictions could make it impractical for us to operate as contemplated.

The Investment Company Act (and similar legislation in other jurisdictions) provides certain protections to investors and imposes certain restrictions on companies that are required to be regulated as investment companies. Among other things, such rules limit or prohibit transactions with affiliates, impose limitations on the issuance of debt and equity securities and impose certain governance requirements. We are not and do not intend to become regulated as an investment company and we intend to conduct our activities so we will not be deemed to be an investment company under the Investment Company Act (and similar legislation in other jurisdictions). In order to ensure that we are not deemed to be an investment company, we may be required to materially restrict or limit the scope of our operations or plans. We are and will be limited in the types of acquisitions that it may make, and we may need to modify our organizational structure or dispose of assets which we would not otherwise dispose of. Moreover, if anything were to happen which would cause us to be deemed an investment company under the Investment Company Act, it would be impractical for us to operate as contemplated. Agreements and arrangements between and among GSAM and us would be impaired, the type and number of acquisitions that we would be able to make as a principal would be limited and our business, financial condition and results of operations would be materially adversely affected. Accordingly, we would be required to take extraordinary steps to address the situation, such as the restructuring of our company and our operating subsidiaries, the amendment of our governing documents or the dissolution of our company, any of which could materially adversely affect the value of our common stock.

General Risk Factors

The ongoing military action between Russia and Ukraine could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

On February 24, 2022, Russian military forces invaded Ukraine, and sustained conflict and disruption in the region is likely. Although the length, impact and outcome of the ongoing military

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conflict in Ukraine is highly unpredictable, this conflict could lead to significant market and other disruptions, including significant volatility in commodity prices and supply of energy resources, instability in financial markets, supply chain interruptions, political and social instability, changes in consumer or purchaser preferences as well as increase in cyberattacks and espionage.

Russia’s recognition of two separatist republics in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine and subsequent military action against Ukraine have led to an unprecedented expansion of sanction programs imposed by the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Canada, Switzerland, Japan and other countries against Russia, Belarus, the Crimea Region of Ukraine, the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic and the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic, including, among others:

• blocking sanctions against some of the largest state-owned and private Russian financial institutions (and their subsequent removal from the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (“SWIFT”) payment system) and certain Russian businesses, some of which have significant financial and trade ties to the European Union;

• blocking sanctions against Russian and Belarusian individuals, including the Russian President, other politicians and those with government connections or involved in Russian military activities; and

• blocking of Russia’s foreign currency reserves as well as expansion of sectoral sanctions and export and trade restrictions, limitations on investments and access to capital markets and bans on various Russian imports.

In retaliation against new international sanctions and as part of measures to stabilize and support the volatile Russian financial and currency markets, the Russian authorities also imposed significant currency control measures aimed at restricting the outflow of foreign currency and capital from Russia, imposed various restrictions on transacting with non-Russian parties, banned exports of various products and other economic and financial restrictions. The situation is rapidly evolving as a result of the conflict in Ukraine, and the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom and other countries may implement additional sanctions, export controls or other measures against Russia, Belarus and other countries, regions, officials, individuals or industries in the respective territories. Such sanctions and other measures, as well as the existing and potential further responses from Russia or other countries to such sanctions, tensions and military actions, could adversely affect the global economy and financial markets and could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We are actively monitoring the situation in Ukraine and assessing its impact on our business, including our business partners and customers. To date we have not experienced any material interruptions in our infrastructure, supplies, technology systems or networks needed to support our operations. We have no way to predict the progress or outcome of the conflict in Ukraine or its impacts in Ukraine, Russia or Belarus as the conflict, and any resulting government reactions, are rapidly developing and beyond our control. The extent and duration of the military action, sanctions and resulting market disruptions could be significant and could potentially have substantial impact on the global economy and our business for an unknown period of time. Any of the abovementioned factors could affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. Any such disruptions may also magnify the impact of other risks described in this prospectus.

We may be exposed to uninsurable losses and may become subject to higher insurance premiums.

While we maintain certain insurance coverage, including property insurance coverage for catastrophic losses such as hurricanes, earthquakes or floods, such insurance may not continue to be

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offered on an economically feasible basis, may not cover all events that could give rise to a loss or claim involving our assets or operations, and may not cover all of our assets. If our insurance coverage is insufficient and we are forced to bear such losses or claims or are subject to higher deductibles, our financial position could be materially and adversely affected. Our insurance policies may cover losses as a result of certain types of natural disasters or sabotage, among other things, but such coverage is not always available in the insurance market on commercially reasonable terms and is often capped at predetermined limits that may not be adequate. Our insurance policies are subject to review by our insurers and may not be renewed on similar or favorable terms or at all.

Seeking to enforce a contract through the courts may take significant amounts of time and expense with no certainty of success.

Our business could be adversely affected if we are required to enforce contracts through the courts and we are unsuccessful or incur significant amounts of time and expenses seeking to do so. High litigation costs and long delays make resolving commercial disputes in court time consuming and expensive. Such costs can be difficult to calculate with certainty. In addition, in certain jurisdictions in which we currently conduct business or may seek to conduct business in the future, there can be uncertainty regarding the interpretation and application of laws and regulations relating to the enforceability of contractual rights.

We may experience increased labor costs, including as a result of changes in applicable laws and regulations, and the unavailability of skilled workers or our failure to attract and retain qualified personnel could adversely affect us.

We and the third-party service providers we contract with are dependent upon the available labor pool of skilled employees. We and our service providers compete with other energy companies and other employers to attract and retain qualified personnel with the technical skills and experience required to construct and operate our fleet and our pipeline and to provide our customers with the highest quality service. We and our service providers are also subject to the Fair Labor Standards Act, which governs such matters as minimum wage, overtime and other working conditions. A shortage in the labor pool of skilled workers in the U.S., or other general inflationary pressures or changes in applicable laws and regulations, could make it more difficult for us or our service providers to attract and retain qualified personnel and could require an increase in the wage and benefits packages that we offer or an increase in the rates of our service providers, thereby increasing our operating costs. For example, the Inflation Reduction Act imposed certain prevailing wage requirements related to tax credit availability which may impact our labor costs going forward. Any increase in our operating costs could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, operating results, liquidity and prospects.

We may be exposed to force majeure events.

The occurrence of a significant event that disrupts the ability of our fleet to produce or sell power for an extended period, including events which preclude customers from purchasing electricity, could have a material adverse effect on our assets, liabilities, business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flow. In addition, force majeure events affecting our assets could result in damage to the environment or harm to third parties or the public, which could expose us to significant liability. Our fleet and our pipeline could be exposed to severe weather conditions, natural disasters and potentially catastrophic events. An assault or an act of malicious destruction, cyber-attacks, sabotage or terrorism committed on our fleet and/or our pipeline could also disrupt its ability to generate or sell power. In certain cases, there is the potential that some events may not excuse us from performing our obligations pursuant to agreements with third parties and therefore may expose us to liability.

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CAUTIONARY LANGUAGE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

These statements generally relate to future events or our future financial or operating performance. Actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed or forecast in such forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify these statements because they contain words such as “may,” “will,” “likely,” “should,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “could,” “contemplate,” “target,” “anticipate,” “future,” “plan,” “believe,” “intend,” “goal,” “seek,” “estimate,” “project,” “target,” “predict,” “potential,” “continue” or the negative of these words or other similar terms or expressions that concern our expectations, strategy, plans or intentions. There are many reasons we may not achieve the results we disclose in this prospectus, including, without limitation, the factors listed below:

• changes to irradiance at our solar facilities or to weather generally or increases in global temperatures, as a result of climate change, or otherwise, at any of our solar facilities;

• volatility in supply and demand in the energy markets;

• our inability to re-negotiate or replace expiring PPAs on similar terms;

• our inability to obtain long-term contracts for the sale of our power produced by our projects on favorable terms and our inability to meet certain milestones and other performance criteria under existing PPAs;

• our failure to be able to sell SRECs at attractive prices;

• potential losses due to our guarantee of certain of the obligations of our projects and other subsidiaries;

• our ability to use tax-equity arrangements to finance projects;

• disruptions in our supply chain for materials and components and increased logistics costs;

• competition from traditional utilities and renewable energy companies;

• advances in technology that impair or eliminate the competitive advantage of our projects;

• an increase in the amount of uncontracted generation in our portfolio;

• our concessions and licenses not being renewed;

• our real property rights for solar renewable energy facilities being adversely affected by the rights of lienholders and leaseholders that are superior to those granted to us;

• increases in the cost of operating our facilities;

• equipment failures and the costs and potential liabilities associated with such failures;

• solar energy systems may not perform as we expect;

• our ability to effectively manage the Internalization Transaction or realize the anticipated benefits thereof;

• our inability to identify sufficient investment opportunities and complete transactions;

• our ability to successfully manage the Mercedes-Benz Joint Ventures or realize the anticipated benefits thereof;

• our ability to identify and acquire sites for the development of HPC EV Stations and to successfully develop those HPC EV Stations at all or at the scale expected for the Mercedes-Benz Joint Ventures;

• our ability to successfully integrate the assets acquired in or realize the benefits from acquisitions, including the NES Acquisition;

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• risks associated with projects that remain under development or construction;

• widespread adoption of solar energy and energy storage technology;

• inability to efficiently acquire a large number of additional “middle-market” solar energy projects or otherwise adapt to the needs of our customer base;

• construction and operational issues and other unforeseen challenges associated with deploying new technology;

• our concentration in certain markets;

• availability and access to interconnection facilities and transmission systems;

• counterparties to our contracts not fulfilling their obligations;

• credit, commodity price and interest rate risk;

• customer contracts not including inflation-based price increases;

• generating facilities affected by local communities;

• our reliance on computerized business systems, which could expose us to cyber-attacks;

• newly developed technologies that we invest in not performing as anticipated;

• labor disruptions and economically unfavorable collective bargaining agreements;

• reduction of our influence over our operating subsidiaries and subjection to additional obligations;

• changes in demand for power or power derived from renewable energy sources;

• developments in alternative energy transition, energy efficiency technologies and energy storage;

• changes in our credit ratings;

• our high level of indebtedness and relatively large fixed costs;

• non-competition covenants which we are subject to;

• adverse developments affecting the financial services industry;

• our failure to comply with or our inability to maintain governmental permits;

• litigation and other disputes and governmental regulatory investigations;

• complex EHS laws and regulations;

• physical hazards;

• increased regulation on our operations;

• changes in existing regulatory requirements for solar facilities or a change in U.S. presidential administrations;

• regulatory and economic barriers to the purchase and use of solar energy systems by electric utility policies and regulations;

• increases in the cost or reduction in supply of solar energy and energy storage system components due to tariffs or trade restrictions imposed by the U.S. government;

• changes in effective tax rates, or adverse outcomes resulting from other tax increases or an examination of our income or other tax returns and tax inefficiencies;

• our solar energy systems ceasing to be qualifying property or being disposed of within five years of the applicable placed in service date or an IRS determination that the tax basis of our solar energy systems is materially lower than that reported on the applicable tax return;

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• 50% of more of our stock being held by tax-exempt entities that each own at least 5% of our common stock and our failure to make a timely Section 168(h)(6)(F) Election;

• uncertainty regarding when our projects can be considered to have been “placed in service” under U.S. federal income tax law;

• changes in treatment of RECs;

• changes to, or reductions in, tax credits and other financial incentives;

• the book value of our solar energy system, reflecting, in part, the value available to be claimed with respect to such systems;

• our history of losses;

• the requirements and increased expenses associated with being a public company;

• the effectiveness of our internal controls over financial reporting;

• market price risks;

• significant influence over our business by certain of the Existing Owners;

• competition with Designated Parties;

• future sales of our common stock in the public market, or the perception that such sales may occur;

• limitations to our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers, employees or agents;

• dilution;

• waiver or release of parties to the lock-up agreements;

• possible issuance of preferred stock;

• energy marketing risks;

• volatility of the global financial markets and uncertain economic conditions;

• the ongoing military action between Russia and Ukraine;

• uninsurable losses and higher insurance premiums;

• the growth of our portfolio and our inability to realize the expected benefits of transactions or acquisitions;

• seeking to enforce a contract through the courts may take significant amounts of time and expense with no certainty of success;

• failure to attract and retain qualified personnel, increased labor costs, and the unavailability of skilled workers;

• exposure to force majeure events; and

• our anticipated uses of net proceeds from this offering.

We caution you that the foregoing list may not contain all of the forward-looking statements made in this prospectus.

You should not rely upon forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. We have based the forward-looking statements contained in this prospectus primarily on our current expectations and projections about future events and trends that we believe may affect our business,

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financial condition, results of operations and prospects. The outcome of the events described in these forward-looking statements is subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors described in the section titled “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this prospectus. Moreover, we operate in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment. New risks and uncertainties emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for us to predict all risks and uncertainties that could have an impact on the forward-looking statements contained in this prospectus. We cannot assure you that the results, events and circumstances reflected in the forward-looking statements will be achieved or occur, and actual results, events or circumstances could differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements.

The forward-looking statements made in this prospectus relate only to events as of the date on which the statements are made. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements made in this prospectus to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this prospectus or to reflect new information or the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as required by law. We may not actually achieve the plans, intentions or expectations disclosed in our forward-looking statements, and you should not place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements. Our forward-looking statements do not reflect the potential impact of any future acquisitions, mergers, dispositions, joint ventures or investments we may make.

Forward-looking statements are based on management’s current expectations and assumptions, and are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict. As a result, actual results could differ materially from those indicated in these forward-looking statements.

In addition, statements that “we believe” and similar statements reflect our beliefs and opinions on the relevant subject. These statements are based upon information available to us as of the date of this prospectus, and while we believe such information forms a reasonable basis for such statements, such information may be limited or incomplete, and our statements should not be read to indicate that we have conducted an exhaustive inquiry into, or review of, all potentially available relevant information. These statements are inherently uncertain and investors are cautioned not to unduly rely upon these statements.

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USE OF PROCEEDS

We expect to receive net proceeds from the sale of shares of our common stock in this offering of approximately $             million, based on the initial public offering price of $             per share, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated expenses payable by us. Assuming that the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares is exercised in full, we expect to receive net proceeds from the sale of shares of our common stock in this offering of approximately $             million, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us.

We intend to use the net proceeds from this offering to fund approximately $275.0 million to $325.0 million of development and construction activities on our renewables, battery storage and EV charging pipeline projects through the end of 2025. We intend to use any remaining net proceeds for general corporate purposes, which may include opportunistically funding solar, battery storage, energy acquisitions and other strategic opportunities. Notwithstanding the generality of the foregoing, the principal purpose of this offering is to increase our capitalization and financial flexibility, create a public market for our common stock and increase our visibility in the marketplace. Immediately after receipt of the net proceeds of this offering, management may use a certain amount to temporarily pay down the balance of the New Revolving Credit Facility to more efficiently manage the Company’s liquidity and minimize interest expense. As development and construction expenditures become due, management will then redraw capital from the New Revolving Credit Facility to fund said expenditures. After this offering, the New Revolving Credit Facility will bear interest for ABR Loans, at the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate, ranging from 0.50% to 0.75% (as each such capitalized term is defined in the Credit Agreement), for Term Benchmark Loans, at the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate plus the Applicable Rate, ranging from 1.50% to 1.75% (as each such capitalized term is defined in the Credit Agreement), or for RFR Loans, at the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR plus the Applicable Rate, ranging from 1.50% to 1.75% (as each such capitalized term is defined in the Credit Agreement) and matures in February 2028.

Certain of the underwriters and/or their affiliates are agents or lenders under our New Revolving Credit Facility, and therefore, may receive a portion of the net proceeds from this offering to the extent any such proceeds are used to manage the Company’s liquidity and repay amounts outstanding thereunder. See “Underwriting (Conflicts of Interest).”

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DIVIDEND POLICY

We do not anticipate declaring or paying any cash dividends to holders of our common stock in the foreseeable future. We currently intend to retain future earnings, if any, to finance our operations and the growth of our business. Our future dividend policy is within the discretion of our board of directors and will depend upon then-existing conditions, including our results of operations, financial condition, capital requirements, investment opportunities, statutory restrictions on our ability to pay dividends and other factors our board of directors may deem relevant. In addition, the agreements governing our indebtedness may place restrictions on our ability to pay cash dividends. Our board of directors will take into account:

• general economic and business conditions;

• our financial condition and operating results;

• our current and anticipated cash needs;

• our capital requirements, including future acquisitions and existing reinvestment opportunities;

• legal, tax, regulatory and contractual restrictions and implications on the payment of dividends by us to our shareholders; and

• such other factors as our board of directors may deem relevant.

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CAPITALIZATION

The following table sets forth our cash and capitalization as of June 30, 2023:

• Our Predecessor on an actual basis as of June 30, 2023; and

• MN8 Energy on an as adjusted basis to give effect to (i) the Internalization Transaction and the Corporate Reorganization and this offering and (ii) the use of proceeds therefrom as if such transactions occurred on June 30, 2023.

The following table should be read together with our predecessor’s consolidated financial statements and related notes, and the sections titled “Summary Historical and Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial and Operational Data,” “Use of Proceeds,” “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and “Consolidated Financial Statements” that are included elsewhere in this prospectus.

	As of June 30, 2023
	Actual   (Predecessor)		As Adjusted   (MN8 Energy)
	(in thousands)
Cash and cash equivalents	$	117,199	$
Long-term debt(1):
3.77% Senior Secured Notes due 2044(2)	$	406,725	$
3.10% Senior Secured Notes due 2046(2)	$	561,442	$
3.30% Senior Secured Notes due 2047(2)	$	247,269	$
New Revolving Credit Facility	$	127,000	$
Warehouse Facility	$	277,521	$
Project-Level Notes Payable(3)	$	627,665	$
Total debt	$	2,247,622	$
Redeemable non-controlling interests		56,315
Equity:
Members’ / shareholders’ equity		1,593,658		—
Common stock—$0.01 par value; no shares authorized, issued or outstanding (actual); 1,000,000,000 shares authorized and             shares issued and outstanding (pro forma)		—
Preferred stock; no shares authorized, issued or outstanding (actual), 500,000,000 shares authorized,              shares issued or outstanding (pro forma)		—		—
Additional paid in capital		—
Accumulated other comprehensive income		612
Non-controlling interest		193,768
Total Equity		1,788,038
Total capitalization	$	4,091,975	$

(1) All outstanding amounts of indebtedness shown at principal amount.

(2) The Senior Secured Notes are the obligations of our subsidiary portfolios and we do not guarantee the indebtedness represented thereby; however, we consolidate the assets and liabilities of each such subsidiary portfolio on our consolidated balance sheet. See Note 7 to our unaudited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus.

(3) See Note 7 to our unaudited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus for additional information regarding our project-level notes payable.

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DILUTION

If you purchase shares of our common stock in this offering, your ownership interest will be diluted to the extent of the difference between the initial public offering price per share of our common stock in this offering and the as further adjusted net tangible book value per share of our common stock immediately after this offering. Dilution in as further adjusted net tangible book value per share to investors purchasing shares of our common stock in this offering represents the difference between the amount per share paid by investors purchasing shares of our common stock in this offering and the as further adjusted net tangible book value per share of our common stock immediately after completion of this offering.

Our as adjusted net tangible book value as of June 30, 2023, was $             million, or $             per share. Our as adjusted net tangible book value per share represents the amount of our historical tangible book value as of June 30, 2023, after giving effect to the Internalization Transaction and the Corporate Reorganization, which will occur immediately prior to or contemporaneously with the completion of this offering.

After giving effect to the sale by us of shares of our common stock in this offering at the initial public offering price of $             per share, and after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us, our as further adjusted net tangible book value as of June 30, 2023, would have been $             million, or $             per share. This represents an immediate increase in as adjusted net tangible book value of $             per share to our existing stockholders and an immediate dilution of $             per share to investors purchasing shares of our common stock in this offering. The following table illustrates this dilution:

Initial public offering price per share		$
As adjusted net tangible book value per share as of             ,	$
Increase in as adjusted net tangible book value per share attributable to investors purchasing shares of our common stock in this offering	$
As further adjusted net tangible book value per share of our common stock immediately after the completion of this offering (after giving effect to the Internalization Transaction and the Corporate Reorganization)		$
Dilution in as adjusted net tangible book value per share to investors purchasing shares of our common stock in this offering		$

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The following table presents, as of June 30, 2023, after giving effect to (i) the Internalization Transaction, (ii) the Corporate Reorganization and (iii) the sale by us of shares of our common stock in this offering at the initial public offering price of $             per share, the difference between the existing stockholders and the investors purchasing shares of our common stock in this offering with respect to the number of shares of our common stock purchased from us, the total consideration paid or to be paid to us, and the average price per share paid or to be paid to us, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us:

	Shares Purchased			Total Consideration			Average Price Per Share
	Number	Percent		Amount	Percent
	(in thousands)
Existing stockholders			%	$		%	$
Investors purchasing shares of our common stock in this offering			%	$		%	$
Totals			%	$		100%	$

Except as otherwise indicated, the above discussion and tables assume no exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares of our common stock. If the underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional shares of our common stock in full, our existing stockholders would own         % and the investors purchasing shares of our common stock in this offering would own         % of the total number of shares of our common stock outstanding immediately after completion of this offering, after giving effect to the Corporate Reorganization.

To the extent that any outstanding options to purchase our common stock are exercised or new awards are granted under our equity compensation plans, there will be further dilution to investors participating in this offering.

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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF

FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following discussion and analysis of the historical financial condition and results of operations of our accounting predecessor should be read in conjunction with “Selected Consolidated Financial Data” and the audited consolidated financial statements of our accounting predecessor and the related notes thereto included elsewhere in this prospectus. In addition to historical financial information, the following discussion and analysis contains forward-looking statements that are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Our actual results and timing of selected events may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of many factors, including but not limited to those discussed under “Cautionary Language Regarding Forward-Looking Statements,” “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this prospectus.

Overview

We are a renewable energy company. Our mission is to serve enterprise customers by providing the renewable energy and related services that these customers need on their journey to an electrified, decarbonized world. To achieve this mission, we generate renewable energy with our fleet of solar projects and are able to store energy in our fleet of battery projects, in each case tailored to the needs of individual enterprise customers. In 2022, we were one of the largest independent solar energy and energy storage power producers in the U.S. and one of the top 5 largest solar and storage asset owners overall in the U.S., based on the total gross capacity of our projects that were operating according to S&P Global Market Intelligence. As of June 30, 2023, our fleet was composed of over 875 projects spread across 28 states with an aggregate capacity of approximately 2.7 GW of operating and 0.2 GW of under construction solar projects and approximately 270 MW of operating battery storage projects. We have a blue-chip set of over 200 enterprise customers, many of whom have bold decarbonization objectives, which we believe will provide us with many add-on commercial opportunities in the years to come.

Basis of Presentation

Unless otherwise indicated, the historical financial and operating information presented in this section is that of MN8 Energy LLC (f/k/a Goldman Sachs Renewable Power LLC), the predecessor of MN8 Energy for financial reporting purposes.

The financial information and certain other information presented in this section have been rounded to the nearest whole number or the nearest decimal. Therefore, the sum of the numbers in a column may not conform exactly to the total figure given for that column in certain tables in this prospectus. In addition, certain percentages presented in this section reflect calculations based upon the underlying information prior to rounding and, accordingly, may not conform exactly to the percentages that would be derived if the relevant calculations were based upon the rounded numbers or may not sum due to rounding.

For historical non-controlling interests associated with OpCo, net income was allocated in the consolidated statements of members’ equity first in an amount equal to the OpCo Incentive Allocation held by GSAM that was earned during the reporting period, with the remaining income allocated using the profit and loss percentages contained in the OpCo LLC Agreement. The non-controlling interest associated with OpCo is expected to be eliminated in connection with the Corporate Reorganization. For additional information regarding the OpCo Incentive Allocation and the transactions pursuant to which it was eliminated, see the section of this prospectus titled “Internalization Transaction and Corporate Reorganization.”

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Key Factors Affecting Our Performance

Our results of operations and our ability to sustain and grow our business over time could be impacted by a number of factors and trends that affect our industry generally, as well as new offerings of services and products we may acquire or seek to acquire in the future. Additionally, our business is concentrated in certain markets, putting us at risk of region-specific disruptions such as adverse economic, regulatory, political, weather and other conditions. See “Risk Factors” elsewhere in this prospectus for further discussion of risks affecting our business. We believe the factors discussed below are key to our success:

Capitalizing on Growth Opportunities

We believe we are in the beginning stages of a market opportunity driven by a secular megatrend of transitioning away from traditional energy sources to renewable energy. Further, we believe we have identified a trend in the renewable energy markets whereby stakeholders are increasingly placing a premium on actual and potential future growth, rather than the historical industry focus on yield, as the market for such products and services rapidly expands. In this regard, we have experienced significant growth in our asset value and revenue since our formation in 2017 through organic project development and acquisitions and we believe we have become a leading operator of solar energy and energy storage systems across 28 states. As of June 30, 2023, our fleet consists of approximately 2.7 GW of operating and 0.2 GW of under construction solar projects as well as approximately 270 MW of operating energy storage projects. In addition to our fleet of operating and under construction projects, the projects in our development pipeline consist of approximately 3.7 GW in solar capacity, approximately 1.3 GW (or approximately 5.3 GWh) in energy storage capacity and 2,700 EV charging ports as of June 30, 2023. These projects are in various stages of the development process and we are targeting commercial operation dates between 2024 and 2029. Our rapid growth since our formation in 2017 and our execution of our future growth strategy has impacted and will continue to significantly impact our results of operations.

Focus on Long-term Contracts and Creditworthiness of Counterparties

We focus on achieving long-term contracted revenues diversified across end markets with high-credit quality off-takers. As of June 30, 2023, 99% of our operating revenue was contracted, over the following two to five years under a mix of short and long-term fixed price contracts with creditworthy counterparties. For the year ended December 31, 2022 and the six months ended June 30, 2023, merchant revenue comprised approximately 4% and 1% of revenues from our sales of energy, respectively.

To help mitigate inflationary pressures, we seek to enter into PPAs that include price escalators. We have been successful in negotiating PPAs with annual price escalators of approximately 1 to 2% with over half of our off-takers.

Our revenues depend in large part upon our PPAs with third-party off-takers. We have historically focused on entering into PPA arrangements with investment grade rated off-takers. As of June 30, 2023, approximately 91% of our contracted operational MWs are with investment grade rated customers, approximately 7% are with unrated customers whose credit risk we view as equivalent to investment grade, and approximately 1% are from community solar, a credit diversified portfolio. These off-takers included corporates, utilities, municipalities, state and federal entities and schools. We intend to continue to seek to enter into arrangements with high-quality off-takers in the future, reducing our exposure to counterparty credit risk.

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In addition to our focus on contracting the substantial majority of revenues, we also are focused on market diversification and benefit from operating in multiple geographies with different solar regimes, capacity auctions and power pricing points, reducing exposure to any one power, SREC, REC or capacity price.

Project and Corporate-Level Financing

Our future growth depends in significant part on our ability to raise capital from third-party investors and lenders on competitive terms to help finance our corporate operations as well as the origination of our solar energy systems at the project level. We have historically used a variety of structures including capital commitments from our equity investors ($1.9 billion since our inception to June 30, 2023), debt facilities with commercial banks, capital markets issuances, tax-equity financing and construction loan financing to help fund our operations. See “Liquidity and Capital Resources—Debt.”

As of June 30, 2023, our indebtedness consisted of a $450.0 million revolving credit facility ($127.0 million of which was outstanding as of such date), a $500.0 million warehouse facility ($277.5 million of which was outstanding on such date), $1.3 billion in green bonds ($1.2 billion of which was outstanding on such date), and an aggregate $627.7 million in project-level loans. Our ability to raise capital from third-party investors and lenders is also affected by general economic conditions, the state of the capital markets, inflation levels and concerns about our industry or business. We have historically used a variety of financing structures to finance our operations and, with the exception of the capital commitments from our equity investors (the current remaining undrawn, $206.8 million, were terminated prior to this offering), intend to continue using substantially similar financing structures following the consummation of this offering in addition to our increased ability to access the public equity markets and other sources of financing. See “Risk Factors—Changes in our credit ratings may have an adverse effect on our financial position and ability to raise capital.”

In February 2023, we fully repaid and terminated the Subscription Facility with capital contributions from the Existing Owners to our Predecessor in connection with our entry into the New Revolving Credit Facility. The New Revolving Credit Facility will be used to finance our operating and investing activities. The credit agreement governing the New Revolving Credit Facility contains customary affirmative covenants, including regarding financial reporting, existence, maintenance of insurance and properties, inspection rights, maintenance of collateral, and compliance with laws. The credit agreement contains various negative covenants, including restrictions on the borrower’s ability to incur indebtedness, grant liens, make fundamental changes, dispose of assets, and fund dividends, distributions, investments, or acquisitions, and customary events of default, subject to certain exceptions and cure periods. We are also subject to certain financial covenants. The failure to comply with such financial covenants could result in an event of default, if not cured.

Cost of Solar Energy and Battery Storage Systems

Although the solar panel market has seen an increase in supply in recent years, upward pressure on prices may occur due to growth in the solar industry, regulatory policy changes, tariffs and duties, supply chain disruptions and an increase in demand. As a result of these developments, we may pay higher prices on imported solar modules, which may make it less economical for us to serve certain markets. Attachment rates for energy storage systems have trended higher while the price to acquire has trended downward making the addition of energy storage systems a potential area of growth for us. See “Risk Factors” elsewhere in this prospectus for further discussion of risks relating to increased costs of solar energy and energy storage components.

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Seasonality

The amount of electricity our solar energy systems produce is dependent in part on the amount of sunlight, or irradiation, where the assets are located. Because shorter daylight hours in winter months and poor weather conditions due to rain or snow results in less irradiation, the output of solar energy systems will vary depending on the season and the overall weather conditions in a year. Based on a calendar year, our strongest season of profitability is typically the third quarter of the year and our weakest is typically the first quarter of the year. While we expect seasonal variability to occur, the geographic diversity in our assets helps to mitigate our aggregate seasonal variability.

Government Regulations, Policies and Incentives

Our growth strategy depends in significant part on government policies and incentives that promote and support solar energy and enhance the economic viability of distributed solar. These incentives come in various forms, including net metering, eligibility for accelerated depreciation such as MACRS, SRECs, tax abatements, rebate and renewable target incentive programs and tax credits, particularly the ITC. We are a party to a variety of agreements under which we may be obligated to indemnify the counterparty with respect to certain matters. Typically, these obligations arise in connection with contracts and tax-equity partnership arrangements or in connection with a sale of tax credits, under which we customarily agree to hold the other party harmless against losses arising from a breach of warranties, representations, and covenants related to such matters as title to assets sold, negligent acts, damage to property, validity of certain intellectual property rights, non-infringement of third-party rights, and certain tax matters including indemnification to customers, tax credit purchasers, and tax-equity investors regarding ITCs. The sale of SRECs has constituted a significant portion of our revenue historically, representing 24%, 27% and 27% of our revenue for each of the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020, respectively and 20% and 24% of our revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively. A change in the value of SRECs or changes in other policies or a loss or reduction in such incentives could decrease the attractiveness of distributed solar to us and our customers in applicable markets, which could reduce our growth opportunities. Such a loss or reduction could also reduce our willingness to pursue certain customer acquisitions due to decreased revenue or income under our solar service agreements. Additionally, such a loss or reduction may also impact the terms of and availability of third-party financing. If any of these government regulations, policies or incentives are adversely amended, delayed, eliminated, reduced, retroactively changed or not extended beyond their current expiration dates or there is a negative impact from the recent federal law changes or proposals, our operating results and the demand for, and the economics of, distributed solar energy may decline, which could harm our business.

Supply Chain Constraints

Any change in the cost of solar panels, energy storage technology or other raw materials would impact the costs of constructing our projects and affect our financial results. In addition, both global and localized events could disrupt our international supply chains. Recently, we have experienced industry-wide supply shortages caused by the rapid expansion of the renewable energy market along with COVID-19-related supply disruptions. Moreover, the possibility of AD/CVD tariffs has created additional uncertainties in our supply of solar modules. Additionally, the U.S. government has imposed various trade restrictions on Chinese entities determined to be acting contrary to U.S. foreign policy and national security interests. While we have developed multiple supply sources in a variety of countries, we could still be adversely affected by increases in our costs, negative publicity related to the industry and the sourcing of raw materials and finished equipment, or other adverse consequences to our business.

The reliability of our supply chain is an important aspect of the growth of our business, and as such, we will continue to actively manage our supply chain and supply relationships to minimize the

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impact of such shortages and disruptions to our business, financial condition, and results of operations. For additional information, please see “Risk Factors—Disruptions in our supply chain for materials and components, alongside increased logistics costs, have adversely affected our business and may continue to do so” and “Risk Factors—Increases in the cost or reduction in supply of solar energy and energy storage system components due to tariffs or trade restrictions imposed by the U.S. government could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.”

Expansion of Product Offerings

As described under “Prospectus Summary—Our Growth Strategy—Expansion of Product Offerings,” we continue to evaluate and execute on opportunities to expand into adjacent areas to meet our customers evolving needs. For example, we recently entered into the Mercedes-Benz Joint Ventures, expanding our product offerings into EV charging infrastructure. The results of the Mercedes-Benz Joint Ventures—including the revenues we earn therefrom and the capital expenditures and operating expenses we incur pursuant thereto—will likely differ in certain respects from our historical revenues, expenditures and expenses associated with our power production and battery storage offerings. For example, we expect to earn revenues under the Mercedes-Benz Joint Ventures as a lessor of HPC EV Stations, with lease payments to be adjusted based on meeting the scheduled time of deployment of the applicable HPC EV Station and for the uptime of such HPC EV Station. While the revenues we generate under our PPAs are also subject to certain adjustments, they are typically “take or pay” contracts. In other words, the generation of revenues from the Mercedes-Benz Joint Ventures subjects us to different risks than those associated with the revenues we generate under our PPAs. These differences in revenues, expenditures and expenses are inherent in a business model that focuses in part on expansion into new product lines and may result from the Mercedes-Benz Joint Ventures and from future departures from our historical product offerings. For additional information, please see “Risk Factors—The Mercedes-Benz Joint Ventures are joint ventures and our investments could be adversely affected by our lack of sole decision-making authority and restrictions on transfer relating to the Mercedes-Benz Joint Ventures. The Mercedes-Benz Joint Ventures may also impair our operating flexibility and subject us to risks not present in our other investments that involve co-ownership,” “Risk Factors—We may be unable to identify and acquire sites for the development of HPC EV Stations and to successfully develop those HPC EV Stations at all or at the scale expected for the Mercedes-Benz Joint Ventures” and “Risk Factors—We may be unable to identify sufficient investment opportunities and complete transactions as planned.”

Recent Developments

Mercedes-Benz Joint Ventures

On January 4, 2023, we entered into definitive documentation with MBIC, an affiliate of Mercedes-Benz AG, to jointly construct, own and operate HPC EV Stations in strategic locations throughout the United States and Canada through the AssetCo joint venture. The Mercedes-Benz Joint Ventures contemplate the development of more than 400 HPC EV Stations with approximately 2,700 charging points by 2027. The HPC EV Stations will be an open network available for use by Mercedes-Benz and non-Mercedes-Benz customers through the DriveCo joint venture. To support the Mercedes-Benz Joint Ventures, we and MBIC have agreed to commit an aggregate of approximately $538.5 million to AssetCo through the earlier of (i) December 31, 2029 or (ii) the completion of the Roll Out Plan, and an aggregate of approximately $631.7 million to DriveCo, through the Commitment Period. Please see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Liquidity and Capital Resources—Financing projects under construction and post construction.”

For additional information, please see “Prospectus Summary—Recent Developments—Mercedes-Benz Joint Ventures.” For additional information regarding the risks associated with the

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Mercedes-Benz Joint Ventures, please see “Risk Factors—The Mercedes-Benz Joint Ventures are joint ventures and our investments could be adversely affected by our lack of sole decision-making authority and restrictions on transfer relating to the Mercedes-Benz Joint Ventures. The Mercedes-Benz Joint Ventures may also impair our operating flexibility and subject us to risks not present in our other investments that involve co-ownership” and “Risk Factors—We may be unable to identify and acquire sites for the development of HPC EV Stations and to successfully develop those HPC EV Stations at all or at the scale expected for the Mercedes-Benz Joint Ventures.”

NES Acquisition and Derby Acquisition

On November 18, 2022, the Company consummated the NES Acquisition and on June 20, 2023, the Company consummated the Derby Acquisition. For additional information, please see “Prospectus Summary—Recent Developments—NES Acquisition and Derby Acquisition.”

Key Operational Metrics and Non-GAAP Financial Measures

In addition to the measures presented in our consolidated financial statements, we use the following key operational metrics and non-GAAP financial measures to evaluate our business, measure our performance, develop financial forecasts, and make strategic decisions.

	Historical (Predecessor)										Pro Forma (MN8 Energy)
	As of and for the Six Months Ended June 30,				As of and for the Year Ended December 31,						As of and for the Six Months Ended June 30,	As of the Year Ended December 31,
	2023		2022		2022		2021		2020		2023	2022
					(in thousands)
Operating Megawatts Added and Generated:
Generation:
Megawatts added(1)		184 MW		326 MW		831 MW		254 MW		251 MW
Megawatts hours generated(2)		2,204,303 MWh		1,692,471 MWh		3,619,572 MWh		2,417,803 MWh		2,033,126 MWh
Megawatt capacity		2,724 MW		2,035 MW		2,540 MW		1,709 MW		1,455 MW
Storage:
Megawatt hours capacity of energy storage		1,065 MWh		1,065 MWh		1,065 MWh		504 MWh		4 MWh
Non-GAAP Financial Measures:
Adjusted EBITDA(3)	$	130,863		$ 132,507	$	241,141	$	206,972	$	186,705
Project Contribution Margin(4)	$	151,667		$ 153,616	$	303,419	$	252,771	$	238,840

(1) Megawatts added includes acquisitions and projects achieving commercial operation.

(2) Megawatt hours generated includes our proportionate share of megawatt hours generated from our equity investments.

(3) Adjusted EBITDA is not a financial measure prepared in accordance with GAAP and should not be viewed as an alternative to GAAP measures of performance. The GAAP measure most directly comparable to Adjusted EBITDA is net income (loss), which was $(45.0) million, $(56.2) million and $(20.3) million for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020,

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respectively and $(24.6) million and $(21.9) million for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively. For more information, see “Summary Historical and Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial and Operational Data—Non-GAAP Financial Measures” for a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to net income (loss), the most directly comparable GAAP measure, for the periods presented.

(4) Project Contribution Margin is not a financial measure prepared in accordance with GAAP and should not be viewed as an alternative to GAAP measures of performance. The GAAP measure most directly comparable to Project Contribution Margin is gross margin, which was $200.3 million, $167.6 million and $162.6 million for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020, respectively and $104.2 million and $100.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively. For more information, see “Summary Historical and Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial and Operational Data—Non-GAAP Financial Measures” for a reconciliation of Project Contribution Margin to gross margin, the most directly comparable GAAP measure, for the periods presented.

Key Operational Metrics

Generation

Megawatts Added

Megawatts added represents the aggregate megawatt nameplate capacity of solar energy systems for which panels, inverters, and mounting and racking hardware have been installed on premises during the period indicated. Megawatts added includes acquisitions and projects achieving commercial operation during the period indicated.

Megawatts added decreased from approximately 326 MW for the six months ended June 30, 2022, to approximately 184 MW for the six months ended June 30, 2023, primarily due to decreased acquisitions of solar energy systems and fewer solar energy systems placed in service.

Megawatts added increased from approximately 254 MW for the year ended December 31, 2021, to approximately 831 MW for the year ended December 31, 2022, primarily due to the acquisition of 443 MW of solar energy systems and 388 MW of solar energy systems placed in service.

Megawatts added increased from approximately 251 MW for the year ended December 31, 2020, to approximately 254 MW for the year ended December 31, 2021, primarily due to increased acquisitions of solar energy systems and more solar energy systems placed in service.

Megawatt Hours Generated

Megawatt hours generated represents the output of solar energy systems from operating solar energy systems during the period indicated. MWh generated relative to nameplate capacity can vary depending on multiple factors such as design, equipment, location, weather and overall system performance. MWh generated includes our proportional share of MWh generated from our equity investments.

Megawatt hours generated increased from approximately 1,692,471 MWh for the six months ended June 30, 2022, to approximately 2,204,303 MWh for the six months ended June 30, 2023, primarily due to the increased number of operating solar energy systems in our fleet.

Megawatt hours generated increased from approximately 2,417,803 MWh for the year ended December 31, 2021, to approximately 3,619,572 MWh for the year ended December 31, 2022, primarily due to the increased number of operating solar energy systems in our fleet.

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Megawatt hours generated increased from approximately 2,033,126 MWh for the year ended December 31, 2020, to approximately 2,417,803 MWh for the year ended December 31, 2021, primarily due to the increased number of operating solar energy systems in our fleet.

Megawatt Capacity

Megawatt capacity represents the maximum output of electricity produced during the period indicated.

Megawatt capacity increased from approximately 2,035 MW as of June 30, 2022, to approximately 2,724 MW as of June 30, 2023, primarily due to the increased number of operating solar energy systems in our fleet.

Megawatt capacity increased from approximately 1,709 MW as of December 31, 2021, to approximately 2,540 MW as of December 31, 2022, primarily due to the increased number of operating solar energy systems in our fleet.

Megawatt capacity increased from approximately 1,455 MW as of December 31, 2020, to approximately 1,709 MW as of December 31, 2021, primarily due to the increased number of operating solar energy systems in our fleet.

Storage

Megawatt Hours Capacity of Energy Storage

Megawatt hours capacity of energy storage represents the total amount of energy that can be discharged by the energy storage systems in our fleet.

Megawatt hours capacity of energy storage was unchanged with approximately 1,065 MWh as of June 30, 2023 and 2022.

Megawatt hours capacity of energy storage increased from approximately 504 MWh as of December 31, 2021, to approximately 1,065 MWh as of December 31, 2022, primarily due to the increased number of operating energy storage systems in our fleet.

Megawatt hours capacity of energy storage increased from approximately 4 MWh as of December 31, 2020, to approximately 504 MWh as of December 31, 2021, primarily due to the increased number of operating energy storage systems in our fleet.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Adjusted EBITDA is net income (loss) before income tax expense (benefit), interest expense, net, depreciation, amortization and accretion, contract amortization, (gain) loss on sale-leaseback buyouts and terminated obligations, gain on sale of business, legal settlements, loss on extinguishment of debt, equity compensation, adjustments to reflect pro-rata share of Adjusted EBITDA from equity investments, restructuring costs and acquisition and development costs. We define Project Contribution Margin as gross margin, adding contract amortization and depreciation, amortization and accretion expense, less operations and maintenance, excluding depreciation, amortization and accretion.

See “Summary Historical and Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial and Operational Data—Non-GAAP Financial Measures” for additional information, including reconciliations to net income (loss) and operating revenues, the most directly comparable GAAP measures, respectively.

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Principal Sources of Our Operating Revenues

We derive our operating revenues principally from the sale of electricity and solar renewable energy certificates.

Revenue Under Power Purchase Agreements.    A portion of our power sales revenues is earned through the sale of energy (based on kWh) pursuant to the terms of PPAs. The revenues are primarily determined by multiplying (i) the price under the PPA or market price by (ii) the amount of electricity that we deliver. Customers are invoiced monthly in this manner, with payments generally received within one month of the invoice date.

Solar Renewable Energy Certificate Revenue.    We apply for and receive SRECs in certain jurisdictions for power generated by solar energy systems we own. We generate revenue by delivering SRECs to customers both on a standalone basis or bundled together with electricity sales. One SREC is generated for each MWh of electricity produced, subject to any adjustments made by the certifying bodies in the jurisdictions in which we operate. Each promise to deliver SRECs is a distinct performance obligation and SREC revenue is recognized at a point in time. We recognize revenue related to standalone SRECs when generated if we have a signed contract from a specified site to sell those SRECs (thus making the sale price fixed and determinable). We view the performance obligation for the sale of SRECs as being achieved as electricity is generated by the pre-certified facility and that the certification process is an administrative function only. For SRECs with no signed contracts, we recognize SREC revenue when the rights are transferred to a third party, which can be up to six months after generation. In certain circumstances, we sell both electricity and SRECs pursuant to the same contract. Generally, revenues are determined by multiplying (i) the bundled contract price by (ii) the amount of electricity and SRECs delivered. Customers are invoiced monthly in this manner, with payments generally received within one month of the invoice date. We utilize rolling SREC hedges to seek price certainty over three to five year periods. This provides additional contracted cash flows and reduces our exposure to SREC price volatility.

Lease Revenue.    We are the lessor of certain solar energy facilities. We record revenue associated with the fixed-lease payments straight-line over the term of the lease.

Contract Amortization.    Assets and liabilities recognized from PPAs assumed through acquisitions related to the sale of energy and capacity in future periods for which the fair value has been determined to be significantly less (more) than market are amortized to revenue over the term of each underlying contract on a straight-line basis. The aggregate impact of this amortization schedule is reflected on our statements of operations as netted against actual operating revenues recognized during the applicable period.

Principal Components of Our Cost Structure

Operations and Maintenance, Excluding Depreciation, Amortization and Accretion. Operations and maintenance expenses, excluding depreciation, amortization and accretion, consist primarily of ordinary repairs and maintenance to our fleet, lease expenses, taxes and insurance. The majority of these expenses are either subject to multi-year contracts and/or not subject to escalation during the current year. As such, current inflationary pressures did not materially impact the Company’s operations and maintenance expenses during 2022 and the first half of 2023.

Depreciation, Amortization and Accretion Expense.    Depreciation expense represents depreciation on solar energy and energy storage systems that have been placed in service.

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Depreciation expense is computed using the straight-line composite method over the estimated useful lives of assets. Right of use assets are amortized using the straight-line method over the remaining life of the respective lease agreements. Accretion expense includes over time increase of asset retirement obligations associated with our fleet.

General and Administrative.    General and administrative expenses consist primarily of professional fees related to legal, accounting, human resources, finance and training, information technology and software services, marketing and communication.

In addition, we expect to incur incremental, non-recurring costs related to our transition to a publicly traded corporation, including the costs of this initial public offering and the costs associated with the initial implementation of our Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 Section 404 internal control implementation and testing. We also expect to incur additional significant and recurring expenses as a publicly traded corporation, including costs associated with the employment of additional personnel, compliance under the Exchange Act, annual and quarterly reports to common shareholders, registrar and transfer agent fees, national stock exchange fees, audit fees, incremental director and officer liability insurance costs and director and officer compensation, and related expenses.

Related Party Management and Administration Fee.    Prior to the closing of the Internalization Transaction on August 4, 2022, we were managed by GSAM pursuant to the terms of a Management Services Agreement, dated February 9, 2018, under which GSAM received a management fee as compensation for its services (the “Management Fee”). The Management Fee was determined as of the last day of the applicable calendar quarter and was paid quarterly in arrears. The Management Fee was equal to 0.125% of the average of the Management Fee Base (as herein after defined) with respect to such calendar quarter and the Management Fee Base at the end of the prior calendar quarter. The Management Fee Base for any calendar quarter was equal to the amount of capital contributed as of the end of such calendar quarter, plus our total indebtedness, less a proportionate share of any indebtedness attributable to non-tax-equity joint-venture partners.

In addition, pursuant to the Management Services Agreement, GSAM historically received an administration fee as compensation for its services (the “Administration Fee”). The Administration Fee was equal to the product of our share of the nameplate capacity of the solar energy facilities we owned and the applicable per kW rate. The Administration Fee for any calendar quarter was subject to a cap of 0.125% of the average of the Management Fee Base at the end of such quarter and the Management Fee Base at the end of the prior calendar quarter (the “Administration Fee Cap”), less such fees paid to third-party service providers by or associated with the facilities (excluding from such fees, the proportion attributable to non-tax-equity joint-venture partners).

On May 18, 2022, we entered into an agreement with OpCo, MN8 Energy, GSAM and the Special Interest Member to engage in the Internalization Transaction, which closed on August 4, 2022, pursuant to which, among other things, (i) the Management Services Agreement was terminated, (ii) we agreed to directly or indirectly employ the approximately 100 professionals previously employed by GSAM that were dedicated to our business under the Management Services Agreement and (iii) we entered into a transition services agreement with GSAM that provides for the provision of certain services to MN8 Energy, OpCo and us, including risk management, accounting, tax, information technology and compliance, for a specified period of time following completion of the Internalization Transaction. Accordingly, we no longer pay the Management Fee or Administrative Fee; however, we will incur incremental costs associated with salaries, bonuses, benefits and all other employee-related costs, including stock-based compensation as well as costs associated with the transition services agreement. In addition, because of the time and complexities involved with negotiating and completing the Internalization Transaction, we incurred—for periods in which such transaction was being

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pursued—incremental transaction fees associated with the engagement of legal counsel, financial advisors and other professional services.

Interest Expense.    Interest expense represents interest on our borrowings under our various debt facilities, amortization of debt discounts and deferred financing costs.

Income Tax (Benefit) Expense.    We have historically elected to be taxed as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, subjecting our earnings to U.S. federal and various state and local entity-level corporate income taxes. In addition, we have various corporate subsidiaries that are subject to entity-level U.S. federal and various state and local corporate income taxes. The corporate subsidiaries each hold economic interests in various partnerships and consolidate the partnerships and the results of their operations for financial reporting purposes. We are subject to annual entity-level corporate income taxes on the income allocations received from the partnerships. We are not subject to income tax on the portion of partnership income allocated to any associated non-controlling interests.

The U.S. federal government provides or provided various incentives, such as investment tax credits, cash grants, and accelerated depreciation, for investments in renewable energy. We account for our investment tax credits using the flow-through method of accounting, under which the associated tax benefit is recorded as an income tax benefit in the period that the credit is generated.

Tax-Equity Funds and Related Accounting Impacts

We finance a portion of our solar energy systems by co-investing with tax-equity investors, such as large financial institutions, who value the resulting cash flows, ITCs, tax depreciation and other incentives related to the solar energy systems, which is facilitated primarily through a structure known in the industry as “tax-equity financing.” As of June 30, 2023, approximately 38.1% of our assets, by net book value are subject to tax-equity financings. In 2022, 2021 and 2020, we received commitments from tax-equity investors of $48.0 million, $479.5 million and $190.2 million, respectively, and, as of June 30, 2023, an aggregate of $559.6 million has been recorded in this account. We continue to negotiate with financial investors to create additional opportunities for tax-equity investments.

Other than the indemnities mentioned in “Risk Factors,” tax-equity investments are generally structured as non-recourse project financings known as “tax-equity funds.” In the context of solar energy, a tax-equity investor makes an upfront contribution to a partnership, which owns one or more underlying solar energy systems, and, in exchange for such contribution, the tax-equity investor receives a certain class of equity that provides a share of tax attributes and cash flows emanating from the partnership pursuant to the partnership’s ownership of such solar assets. In these tax-equity funds, the U.S. federal tax attributes that are allocated to the tax-equity investor offset taxes that otherwise would have been payable on the tax-equity investor’s other operations. The terms and conditions of each tax-equity fund vary by tax-equity investor and asset class (e.g., C&I versus utility-scale) and are dependent on whether such systems include battery storage. In general, our tax-equity funds are structured either using the “partnership flip” structure (79% of our portfolio capacity) or “sale-leaseback” structure (18% of our portfolio capacity, with the remaining 3% of portfolio capacity not subject to tax-equity financing).

Upon the satisfaction of the conditions precedent applicable to a tax-equity fund, we contribute cash and our tax-equity investors contribute a portion of their commitment into the partnership company. The partnership uses this cash to acquire one or more solar energy systems developed by us, which, once completed, either sells energy from such solar energy systems to customers or, in the case of C&I systems, directly leases the solar energy systems to customers, in either case, pursuant to a long-term contract with the off-taker. Upon the satisfaction of additional conditions precedent,

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generally aligned around the substantial completion of the solar energy system, the tax-equity investors fund the remainder of their commitments. We assign C&I solar energy systems and related incentives to our tax-equity funds in accordance with the criteria of the specific funds, while our utility-scale projects are generally sourced to investors on an individual basis.

Depending on the tax-equity fund structure, all of the capital contributed by our tax-equity investors into the tax-equity funds is either used to acquire the solar energy systems, is reimbursed to us for costs spent to acquire and/or develop such solar energy systems, or is used to fund an operating and completion reserve account, and, to the extent funds remain after project completion, excess amounts are distributed to us as the sponsor of such system. Each tax-equity investor generally receives a minimum target rate of return, typically on an after-tax basis; the amount of the return varies by tax-equity fund and asset class. Generally, in the initial years of the tax-equity fund, the tax-equity investor is allocated substantially all of the non-cash value attributable to the solar energy systems, known as the “tax attributes,” which includes accelerated depreciation and ITCs, and a percentage of free flow cash coming from the solar energy systems. However, even in these early years when the tax-equity investor receives most of the tax attributes, we receive a majority of the cash distributions, which are typically distributed quarterly. The allocation of tax attributes to the tax-equity investor generally continues until the later of (a) the date the tax-equity investor achieves its minimum target rate of return or (b) a date certain based on the expiration of the ITC recapture period of the underlying solar energy system placed in service by the tax-equity fund; following such date, we retain the majority of the tax attributes associated with the underlying projects. Once the tax-equity investors have achieved their target rate of return, the tax allocations and cash sharing “flip,” with us receiving substantially all of the cash and tax attributes. Consistent with market practices, we generally provide the tax-equity investors with representations as to the amount of ITC each solar energy system is eligible for and provide an indemnification if the ITC actually received by the solar energy system is below such amount. We have the amount of ITC eligible basis validated and confirmed by appraisals and cost segregation reports that are performed by third-party appraisers and cost segregation providers who are qualified and experienced in providing such reports for solar energy systems.

We acquire our solar energy systems at various stages of completion. As the assets achieve mechanical completion, we typically sell or transfer the underlying assets or ownership interests in project-level companies to consolidated subsidiaries with tax-equity partners. As the primary beneficiary, we retain a controlling financial interest in these partnership “flip” structures for accounting purposes. Accordingly, we consolidate the assets, liabilities and operating results of tax-equity partnerships in our consolidated financial statements. When accounting for such sale or transfer of net assets between consolidated subsidiaries under common control, the Company recognizes the carrying amount of net assets and eliminates intercompany profits in accordance with ASC 810.

In our consolidated balance sheets, we recognize the tax-equity investors’ share of the net assets of the tax-equity funds as non-controlling interests or as redeemable non-controlling interests if tax-equity investors have an option to withdraw and require us to purchase their interests. For non-controlling interests associated with the tax-equity investors, net income is allocated in the consolidated statements of members’ equity based on the hypothetical liquidation at book value (“HLBV”) method. The amount related to tax-equity investors included in non-controlling interest equity on the consolidated statements of members’ equity represents the amount that the non-controlling interests would hypothetically receive if the tax-equity fund was liquidated at the reporting date, based on the liquidation provisions of the relevant company operating agreements and if the liquidation proceeds net of liabilities were equal to total book value of the subsidiary’s equity. When we acquire non-controlling interests in tax-equity partnerships we determine the difference between the fair value and the HLBV-derived value of the non-controlling interest as of the date of acquisition. We amortize and reallocate this difference between the non-controlling and controlling interests over a period equal to the weighted-average remaining life of the solar energy facilities. These income or loss allocations,

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reflected on our consolidated statement of operations, may create significant volatility in our reported results of operations, including potentially changing net loss to net income, or vice versa, from quarter to quarter. We typically have an option to acquire, and our tax-equity investors may have an option to withdraw and require us to purchase, all of the equity interests that our tax-equity investor holds in a tax-equity fund following the “flip date,” which generally is around six to seven years after the last solar energy system in the underlying tax-equity fund becomes operational. If we or our tax-equity investors exercise their respective options, such purchase options can be exercised at a price equal to the fair-market value of the associated membership interests, or at a formulaic price, as defined by the relevant company agreement. Following such exercise, we would receive the tax-equity investor’s interest in the tax-equity fund and would be entitled to 100% of the cash and tax attributes resulting from the underlying solar energy system. For additional information on these partnerships, see Note 10, Redeemable Non-Controlling Interests, to our consolidated annual financial statements.

Sale-Leasebacks.    Under the sale-leaseback structure, a tax-equity investor typically acquires a completed project for its fair market value and simultaneously leases the project back to the seller under a “triple net” lease. The tax-equity investor is then entitled to collect rent from the lessee on an ongoing-basis, while the lessee retains virtually all day-to-day responsibility for the project. The tax-equity investor return is derived from tax attributes (accelerated depreciation and ITCs), rental income and its residual interest in the project after the lease expires. As the lessee, our return comprises receipt of the upfront purchase price (less certain rent prepayments and funding of reserves) and the net cash flows from the project (i.e., project revenue in excess of lease rent, operating expenses and other expenditures) during the lease term. Sale-leaseback structures generally include an option for the benefit of the seller-lessee to purchase the subject project back from the tax-equity investor at a fixed price sized to anticipated fair market value as determined at the execution of the lease. For accounting purposes, certain of these sale-leaseback transactions were considered failed sale-leasebacks per GAAP. As such, the proceeds received from the tax-equity investor are classified as debt and payments from the Company to the tax-equity investor are considered debt service payments representing interest expense (cash from operations) and debt amortization (financing activity).

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Six Months Ended June 30, 2023 Compared to

Six Months Ended June 30, 2022

The following table sets forth our consolidated statements of operations data for the periods indicated.

	Six Months Ended June 30,
	2023			2022
	(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)
Operating revenues	$	192,709		$	178,310
Contract amortization		(26,454	)		(24,018	)
Total operating revenues, net		166,255			154,292
Operating costs and expenses:
Operations and maintenance, excluding depreciation, amortization and accretion		41,042			24,694
Depreciation, amortization and accretion		62,026			53,994
Acquisition and development costs		8,765			1,219
Internalization costs		5,378			2,386
General and administrative		31,953			9,777
Related party management and administration fee		—			9,926
Total operating costs and expenses		149,164			101,996
Operating income		17,091			52,296
Other income (expense):
Interest expense		(57,553	)		(39,355	)
Loss in equity investments, net		(2,954	)		—
Gain (loss) on sale-leaseback buyouts		(684	)		6,465
Other income, net		3,646			2,501
Total other expense		(57,545	)		(30,389	)
Net income (loss) before income taxes		(40,454	)		21,907
Income tax benefit (expense)		15,857			(43,822	)
Net loss		(24,597	)		(21,915	)
Net income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interests and redeemable non-controlling interests		25,855			(73,084	)
Net income (loss) attributable to members	$	(50,452	)	$	51,169

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Year Ended December 31, 2022 Compared to

Years Ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

The following table sets forth our consolidated statements of operations data for the periods indicated.

	Year Ended December 31,
	2022			2021			2020
	(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)
Operating revenues	$	360,845		$	294,441		$	272,684
Contract amortization		(49,799	)		(48,007	)		(51,297	)
Total operating revenues, net		311,046			246,434			221,387
Operating costs and expenses:
Operations and maintenance, excluding depreciation, amortization and accretion		57,426			41,670			33,844
Depreciation, amortization and accretion		110,749			78,884			58,824
Acquisition and development costs		11,042			21,473			—
Internalization costs		14,832			—			—
General and administrative		49,401			20,144			33,637
Related party management and administration fee		11,812			18,059			13,173
Total operating costs and expenses		255,262			180,230			139,478
Operating income		55,784			66,204			81,909
Other income (expense):
Interest expense		(95,770	)		(75,910	)		(82,667	)
Loss on extinguishment of debt		—			—			(9,771	)
Gain on sale-leaseback buyouts and terminated obligations		8,519			—			—
Other income (expense), net		5,815			(7,885	)		(5,325	)
Total other expense		(81,436	)		(83,795	)		(97,763	)
Net loss before income taxes		(25,652	)		(17,591	)		(15,854	)
Income tax expense		(19,311	)		(38,618	)		(4,481	)
Net loss		(44,963	)		(56,209	)		(20,335	)
Net loss attributable to non-controlling interests and redeemable non-controlling interests		(133,827	)		(230,845	)		(38,575	)
Net income attributable to members	$	88,864		$	174,636		$	18,240

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Key Operational Metrics

In addition to the measures presented in our consolidated financial statements, we use the following key operational metrics to evaluate our business, measure our performance, develop financial forecasts, and make strategic decisions. The following table summarizes our key operational metrics for each period presented below, which are unaudited.

	Historical (Predecessor)
	As of and for the Six Months Ended June 30,		As of and for the Year Ended December 31,
	2023	2022	2022		2021		2020
Operating Megawatts Added and Generated:
Generation:
Megawatts added(1)	184 MW	326 MW		831 MW		254 MW		251 MW
Megawatts hours generated(2)	2,204,303 MWh	1,692,471 MWh		3,619,572 MWh		2,417,803 MWh		2,033,126 MWh
Megawatt capacity	2,724 MW	2,035 MW		2,540 MW		1,709 MW		1,455 MW
Storage:
Megawatt hours capacity of energy storage	1,065 MWh	1,065 MWh		1,065 MWh		504 MWh		4 MWh

(1) Megawatts added include acquisitions and projects achieving commercial operation.

(2) Megawatt hours generated includes our proportionate share of megawatt hours generated from our equity investments.

Six Months Ended June 30, 2023 Compared to Six Months Ended June 30, 2022

Total Operating Revenues, Net

Total operating revenues, net comprises operating revenues of $192.7 million and contract amortization of $(26.5) million for the six months ended June 30, 2023. Total operating revenues, net increased by $12.0 million, or 8% for the six months ended June 30, 2023 compared to the six months ended June 30, 2022, which was a result of the following:

• an increase in electricity sales of approximately $9.4 million, driven by a 30% increase in MWhs generated, offset by a 17% decrease in average sales price per MWh. The increase in MWhs generated was primarily driven by a 184 MW increase in capacity as a result of facilities placed in service during the six months ended June 30, 2023 and the facilities acquired in the NES Acquisition in November 2022. The facilities placed in service, including the facilities acquired in the NES Acquisition, during this period included middle-market and utility-scale facilities with lower average contractual fixed prices per MWh compared to our existing fleet, which resulted in a decrease in average sales price as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2022;

• $6.8 million of operating revenue attributable to the Mercedes-Benz Joint Venture; and

• an increase in battery revenue of approximately $3.2 million due to operational delays at a certain project in 2022, which were resolved in late 2022.

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These increases in revenues were partially offset by the following:

• a $2.4 million increase in contract amortization, primarily due to the NES Acquisition;

• a $1.5 million decrease in other revenues, primarily due to timing of insurance proceeds received and other non-recurring revenues in 2022; and

• a $3.5 million decrease in SREC sales, due to a change in SREC class pricing at certain projects in the Northeast.

Operations and Maintenance, Excluding Depreciation, Amortization and Accretion

Operations and maintenance, excluding depreciation, amortization and accretion, increased by $16.3 million, or 66%, for the six months ended June 30, 2023 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2022. This is due to the following:

• an increase of $9.5 million was a result of adding 184 MW from solar energy systems placed in service during the six months ended June 30, 2023 and from the NES Acquisition; and

• approximately $6.8 million in salaries and other personnel-related expenses incurred following the Internalization Transaction.

Depreciation, Amortization and Accretion

Depreciation, amortization and accretion expense increased by $8.0 million, or 15%, for the six months ended June 30, 2023 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2022, primarily due to the 184 MW increase in solar energy facilities placed in service during the six months ended June 30, 2023 and as a result of the NES Acquisition completed in November 2022.

Acquisition and Development Costs

Acquisition and development costs increased by $7.5 million, or 619%, for the six months ended June 30, 2023 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2022, primarily due to salaries and other personnel-related expenses incurred directly attributable to our acquisition and development activities following the Internalization Transaction, costs related to the Mercedes-Benz Joint Venture and the Derby Acquisition.

Internalization Costs

Internalization costs increased by $3.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2022, primarily due to the Internalization Transaction, which was announced in May 2022 and closed on August 4, 2022. Internalization costs represent legal, professional costs and the implementation costs to create a standalone platform following the Internalization Transaction.

General and Administrative and Related Party Fees

General and administrative expense, net of related party fees, increased by $12.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2022. General and administrative expenses increased due to the Internalization Transaction and expansion of the Company following the closing of the Internalization Transaction. These increases include the addition

of $17.6 million of payroll-related expense as the Company did not have employees prior to August 4, 2022, a $2.0 million increase in professional fees to assist in building out our stand-alone operating platform and an increase of $2.6 million in rent and other office related expenses primarily due to the

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opening of new offices. Partially offsetting this increase is the reduction in related-party management and administrative fees paid to GSAM, which terminated on August 4, 2022.

Interest Expense, Net

Interest expense, net increased by $18.2 million, or 46%, for the six months ended June 30, 2023 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2022. This is due to the following:

• an $8.5 million increase in interest expense due to unfavorable mark-to-market activity on our interest rate derivative instruments;

• $3.6 million of interest expense related to the $113.0 million of debt assumed in connection with the NES Acquisition in November 2022;

• $1.1 million of interest expense related to the issuance of the $250.5 million Slate Notes in April 2022; and

• a $6.3 million increase in interest expense from a net increase in debt outstanding, including $127.0 million of corporate-level debt and $277.5 million under the Warehouse Facility, coupled with higher interest rates. The effective interest rate for our corporate-level debt was 6.87% and 4.37% for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

These increases in interest expense, net were partially offset by a $1.4 million decrease in deferred financing cost amortization attributable to a construction and ITC bridge facility fully repaid and closed in April 2022.

Income Tax Benefit (Expense)

Income tax benefit (expense) increased by $59.7 million, for the six months ended June 30, 2023 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2022, primarily due to income attributable to non-controlling interest.

Net income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interests and redeemable non-controlling interests

Net income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interests and redeemable non-controlling interests increased by $98.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2022, primarily due to income attributable to non-controlling interests from tax-equity investments. As is common in such investments, a significant (i.e., up to 99%) portion of the tax attributes (e.g., ITC and MACRS) are shared with tax-equity investors early on in their investment period, which can cause the allocation of income or loss to the non-controlling interest to fluctuate under the HLBV method. In cases where a tax-equity partnership is newly formed and the assets thereof are placed in service, the “up-front” sharing of tax attributes often results in a loss allocation to the non-controlling interests associated with tax-equity investors. As tax attributes from the underlying assets diminish over time, a non-controlling interest associated with tax-equity investor’s loss allocation under the HLBV method will change accordingly and may result in an income allocation. Further, the timing for bringing assets online can vary resulting in the tax attributes allocable to the non-controlling interest associated with tax-equity investors changing year over year. Therefore, because of the combined impact of the standard “up-front” allocation, the income or losses attributable to non-controlling interests can appear highly volatile. Such was the reason for the volatility in the Company’s non-controlling interests from 2022 to 2023. Specifically, the income allocation to the non-controlling interests showed a large increase due to a significant amount of assets being placed in service in 2022, which also resulted in much larger amounts of ITC and MACRS being allocated to our tax-equity investors. For the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, we placed in service assets for projects with total system size of 184 MW and 326 MW, respectively.

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Year Ended December 31, 2022 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2021

Total Operating Revenues, Net

Total operating revenues, net comprises operating revenues of $360.8 million and contract amortization of $49.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2022. Total operating revenues, net increased by $64.6 million, or 26%, for the year ended December 31, 2022 compared to the year ended December 31, 2021, which a result of the following:

• an increase in electricity sales of approximately $34.5 million, driven by a 50% increase in MWhs generated, partially offset by a 21% decrease in average sales price per MWh. The increase in MWhs generated was driven by an 831 MW increase in capacity as a result of acquisitions and facilities placed in service in 2022. The facilities placed in service during this period included middle-market and utility-scale facilities with lower average contractual fixed prices per MWh compared to our existing fleet, which resulted in a decrease in average sales price as compared to the year ended December 31, 2021;

• an increase in SREC sales of approximately $7.4 million primarily due to the sale of uncontracted standalone SRECs generated at our existing sites at favorable spot-market prices; and

• an increase in battery storage revenue of approximately $23.9 million, of which $7.7 million is attributable to the 561 MWh increase in storage capacity placed in service during the year ended December 31, 2022, $11.1 million is attributable to the full year impact from the 500 MWh in storage capacity placed in service during 2021 and $5.1 million is attributable to proceeds received on a business interruption claim in 2022.

These increases in operating revenues, net were partially offset by a decrease in other revenues of approximately $1.2 million.

Operations and Maintenance, Excluding Depreciation, Amortization and Accretion

Operations and maintenance, excluding depreciation, amortization and accretion, increased by $15.8 million, or 38%, for the year ended December 31, 2022 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2021. This is due to the following:

• an increase of $12.0 million was a result of adding 831 MW from acquisitions and solar energy systems placed in service in 2022 and the full year impact of acquisitions and solar energy systems placed in service in 2021; and

• approximately $3.8 million in salaries and other personnel-related expenses incurred post-Internalization Transaction.

Depreciation, Amortization and Accretion

Depreciation, amortization and accretion expense increased by $31.9 million, or 40%, for the year ended December 31, 2022 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2021, primarily due to the 831 MW increase in solar energy facilities as a result of acquisitions and facilities placed in service during the year ended December 31, 2022 and the full year impact of acquisitions and facilities placed in service in 2021.

Acquisition and Development Costs

Acquisition and development costs decreased by $10.4 million, or 49%, for the year ended December 31, 2022 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2021, and represents costs associated with the acquisition, financing and development of our solar and energy storage systems. The decrease is primarily driven by a decrease in acquisition activity in 2022. Excluding the NES Acquisition, the Company made one asset acquisition of solar and energy storage systems in 2022 compared to 11 asset acquisitions during 2021.

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Internalization Costs

Internalization costs for the year ended December 31, 2022 were $14.8 million and represents legal, professional costs and the implementation costs to create a standalone platform following the Internalization Transaction, which closed on August 4, 2022. There was no similar expense for the year ended December 31, 2021.

General and Administrative and Related Party Fees

General and administrative expense increased by $29.3 million, or 145%, for the year ended December 31, 2022, as compared to the year ended December 31, 2021, while related party fees decreased by $6.2 million, or 35%, for the same period. General and administrative expenses increased due to the Internalization Transaction and Company expansion post-Internalization Transaction. These increases include the addition of $14.2 million of payroll related expense as the Company did not have employees prior to August 4, 2022, a $10.4 million increase in professional fees and transition service expenses with GSAM to assist in building out our stand-alone operating platform and an increase of $4.7 million in rent, insurance and other office related expenses primarily due to the opening of new offices in New York and Spain. Partially offsetting this increase is the reduction in related party management and administrative fees paid to GSAM, which terminated on August 4, 2022.

Interest Expense, Net

Interest expense, net increased by $19.9 million, or 26%, for the year ended December 31, 2022, as compared to the year ended December 31, 2021. This is due to the following:

• a $7.5 million increase in interest expense from a net increase of approximately $276.4 million in amounts borrowed under the Warehouse Facility and Subscription Facility;

• $6.1 million of interest expense related the issuance of the $250.5 million Slate Notes in April 2022;

• an increase of $1.9 million in deferred financing cost amortization associated with the aforementioned debt; and

• an increase of $4.4 million related to our lease obligations.

Income Tax Expense

Income tax expense decreased by $19.3 million, for the year ended December 31, 2022 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2021, primarily due to a 43% increase in net loss before income taxes and a decrease in the tax effect of non-controlling interests.

For the year ended December 31, 2022, we recorded an income tax provision of $19.3 million in relation to a net loss before income taxes of $25.7 million, which resulted in an effective income tax rate of (75.3)%. The effective income tax rate was primarily impacted by the tax effect of non-controlling interests.

Net loss attributable to non-controlling interests and redeemable non-controlling interests

Net loss attributable to non-controlling interests and redeemable non-controlling interests decreased by $97.0 million, or 42%, in the year ended December 31, 2022 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2021, primarily due to increased tax-equity buyouts and decreased tax-equity investments. As is common in such investments, a significant (i.e., up to 99%) portion of the tax attributes (e.g., ITC and MACRS) are shared with tax-equity investors early on in their investment

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period, which can cause the allocation of income or loss to the non-controlling interest to fluctuate under the HLBV method. In cases where a tax-equity partnership is newly formed and the assets thereof are placed in service, the “up-front” sharing of tax attributes often results in a loss allocation to the non-controlling interests associated with tax-equity investors. As tax attributes from the underlying assets diminish over time, a non-controlling interest associated with tax-equity investor’s loss allocation under the HLBV method will change accordingly and may result in an income allocation. Further, the timing for bringing assets online can vary resulting in the tax attributes allocable to the non-controlling interest associated with tax-equity investors changing year over year. Therefore, because of the combined impact of the standard “up-front” allocation, the income or losses attributable to non-controlling interests can appear highly volatile. Such was the reason for the volatility in the Company’s non-controlling interests from 2021 to 2022. Specifically, the loss allocation to the non-controlling interests showed a large decrease due to a significant decrease in tax-equity investment in 2022. For the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, we received $145.6 million and $246.9 million in tax-equity funding, respectively.

Year Ended December 31, 2021 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2020

Total Operating Revenues, Net

Total operating revenues, net comprises operating revenues of $294 million and contract amortization of $48 million for the year ended December 31, 2021. Total operating revenues, net increased by $25.0 million, or 11%, for the year ended December 31, 2021 compared to the year ended December 31, 2020, which were a result of the following:

• An increase in electricity sales of $14.1 million, or 8%, driven by the following:

• A 19% increase in megawatt hours generated driven by an increase in megawatt capacity as a result of acquisitions and facilities placed in service of 251 MW during 2020 while realizing a full year’s service during the year ended December 31, 2021 as well as 254 MW of facilities placed in service during the year ended December 31, 2021; and

• This increase was partially offset by a 10% decrease in average sales price per megawatt hour. The facilities placed in service during 2020 and 2021 included 332 MW of large utility-scale facilities whose contracted pricing per MWh was lower than the existing fleet in 2020, which resulted in a decrease in average sales price compared to the year ended December 31, 2020;

• An increase in SREC sales of approximately $4.7 million, approximately $1.2 million was due to the increased number of solar energy systems and $3.5 million was due to a reduction in the cost of SRECS purchased in 2019;

• An increase in lease and other income of $2.9 million due to increase in capacity and incentive revenues, which was partially offset by a decrease in lease revenue due to tax equity sale-leaseback buy-outs that occurred in 2021; and

• A decrease in contract amortization of $3.3 million due to the sale of solar energy facilities in 2021 and corresponding removal of intangible balances.

Operations and Maintenance, Excluding Depreciation, Amortization and Accretion

Operations and maintenance, excluding depreciation, amortization and accretion, increased by $7.8 million, or 23%, for the year ended December 31, 2021 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2020. This is due to the following:

• An increase of $3.5 million was as a result of adding 254 MW from acquisitions and solar energy systems placed in service in late 2020 and during the year ended December 31, 2021 resulting in a spike of scheduled operations and maintenance expenses, module cleaning and vegetation abatement;

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• An increase of $1.4 million in insurance due to added number of solar energy and storage facilities in 2021;

• An increase of $1.2 million is due to unscheduled maintenance expenses to existing sites; and

• An increase of $1.7 million on account of increase in property and personal tax expenses as well as lease expenses.

Depreciation, Amortization and Accretion

Depreciation, amortization and accretion expense increased by $20.1 million, or 34.1%, for the year ended December 31, 2021 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2020, primarily due to the increased number of solar energy facilities as a result of acquisitions and facilities placed in service in late 2020 and during the year ended December 31, 2021.

General and Administrative

General and administrative expense increased by $8.0 million, or 23.7%, for the year ended December 31, 2021, as compared to the year ended December 31, 2020, primarily due to increased financing and acquisition activity that required the incurrence of additional fees for professional services. Of this amount, $5.5 million was due to legal fees, $2.2 million was due to other professional services and $0.3 million was due to accounting and tax fees.

Interest Expense

Interest expense decreased by $6.8 million, or 8.2%, for the year ended December 31, 2021, as compared to the year ended December 31, 2020. Of this amount, $18.3 million was due to favorable mark-to-market impact from interest rate derivative instruments, partially offset by an increase of additional $4.6 million in interest expense on new credit facilities and senior secured notes that were issued in 2021 and $7.1 million was due to an increase of deferred financing costs associated with aforementioned credit facilities issuances.

Income Tax Expense

Income tax expense increased by $34.1 million, or 762%, for the year ended December 31, 2021 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2020, primarily due to a significant increase in net loss before income taxes of $1.7 million, offset by the tax effect of non-controlling interests, further discussed in the section below.

For the year ended December 31, 2021, we recorded an income tax provision of $38.6 million in relation to pretax loss of $(17.6) million, which resulted in an effective income tax rate of (219.4)%. Our effective income tax rate was primarily impacted by the release of a substantial portion of the valuation allowance of $13.8 million due to more certainty in the ability to utilize our net operating losses, offset by the tax effect of non-controlling interests as discussed immediately below.

Net income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interests and redeemable non-controlling interests

Net income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interests and redeemable non-controlling interests decreased by $192.3 million, or 498%, in the year ended December 31, 2021 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2020, primarily due to losses attributable to non-controlling interests from tax-equity investments. As is common in such investments, a significant (i.e., up to 99%) portion of the tax attributes (e.g., ITC and MACRS) are shared with tax-equity investors early on in their investment period, which can cause the allocation of income or loss to the non-controlling interest to fluctuate under the HLBV method. In cases where a tax-equity partnership is newly formed and the assets thereof are placed in service, the “up-front” sharing of tax attributes often results in a loss allocation to the non-controlling interests associated with tax-equity investors. As tax attributes from the

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underlying assets diminish over time, a non-controlling interest associated with tax-equity investor’s loss allocation under the HLBV method will change accordingly and may result in an income allocation. Further, the timing for bringing assets online can vary resulting in the tax attributes allocable to the non-controlling interest associated with tax-equity investors changing year over year. Therefore, because of the combined impact of the standard “up-front” allocation, the income or losses attributable to non-controlling interests can appear highly volatile. Such was the reason for the volatility in the Company’s non-controlling interests from 2020 to 2021. Specifically, the loss allocation to the non-controlling interests showed a large increase due to a significant amount of assets being placed in service in 2021 and 2020, which also resulted in much larger amounts of ITC and MACRS being allocated to our tax-equity investors. In 2021 and 2020, we placed in service assets for projects with total system size of 754 MW and 251 MW, respectively.

For additional discussions on HLBV and non-controlling interests, see page 104, “Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests and Noncontrolling Interests.”

Liquidity and Capital Resources

As of June 30, 2023, we had total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash of $117.2 million and $95.1 million, respectively. $43.2 million of restricted cash as of such date are related to funds that are reserved pursuant to agreements with lenders for debt service, sale-leaseback transactions and asset repair costs. Our total liquidity for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and the year ended December 31, 2022 was as follows:

	As of June 30,		As of December 31,
	2023		2022
	(in millions)
Cash and cash equivalents:
MN8 Energy LLC and subsidiaries	$	117.2	$	84.2
Restricted Cash:
Operating accounts		51.9		56.1
Reserves, including debt service, distributions, performance obligations and pre-funding of tax-equity related proceeds reserved pursuant to agreement with tax-equity investor		43.2		48.2
Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash:		212.3		188.5
Subscription facility availability	$	—	$	95.8
New Revolving Credit Facility availability		273.0		—
Total liquidity:		485.3		284.3

We seek to maintain diversified and cost-effective funding sources to finance and maintain our operations, fund capital expenditures, including customer acquisitions, and satisfy obligations arising from our indebtedness. Historically, our primary sources of liquidity included equity contributions, incurrence of debt, third-party tax-equity investors and cash from operations. Our business model requires substantial outside financing arrangements to grow the business and facilitate the deployment of our fleet.

Liquidity Position

We expect to satisfy our current and future capital requirements through a combination of cash on hand, cash flows from operations, proceeds from this offering, and borrowings under new and existing financing arrangements and tax-equity financings, or other opportune debt and equity capital raises, as appropriate and subject to market conditions. We expect that these sources of funds will be adequate to provide for our short-term and long-term liquidity and capital needs. However, we are

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subject to business and operational risks that could adversely affect the cash flows of our projects and we may be unable to raise additional funds or enter into such other arrangements when needed on favorable terms. A material decrease in our cash flows would likely produce a corresponding adverse effect on our borrowing capacity required to construct or develop future projects. Management manages this risk by negotiating and implementing longer term borrowing facilities and/or corporate revolving facilities to manage through such events while regularly monitoring the financing needs of the business consistent with prudent balance sheet management.

Sources of Liquidity

We manage our liquidity sources with the goal of ensuring that they (i) are adequate to finance expected capital expenditures, including our expected commitments under the Mercedes-Benz Joint Ventures, growth, O&M expenses, and other liquidity commitments, and to take advantage of opportunistic investments, (ii) are raised at the lowest borrowing cost available to us, and (iii) are structured to minimize the risk of an individual financing to the overall portfolio. We seek to achieve these goals by maximizing low-cost, non-recourse warehouse and portfolio debt financings while retaining flexibility with corporate debt facilities to fund unique opportunities or manage unforeseen events.

Financing projects under construction and post construction

The solar energy and energy storage systems that are in service are expected to generate a positive return over their useful life, typically 35 and 20 years, respectively. Typically, once solar energy and energy storage systems commence operations, they do not require significant additional capital expenditures to maintain operating performance. However, in order to grow, we are currently dependent on financing from outside parties. If financing is not available to us on acceptable terms if and when needed, we may be unable to finance acquisition and maintenance of solar energy and energy storage systems in a manner consistent with our past performance, our cost of capital could increase, or we may be required to significantly reduce the scope of our operations, any of which would have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects. In addition, our tax-equity funds and debt instruments impose restrictions on our ability to draw on financing commitments. If we are unable to satisfy such conditions, we may incur penalties for non-performance under certain tax-equity funds, experience installation delays, or be unable to make installations in accordance with our plans or at all. Any of these factors could also impact customer satisfaction, our business, operating results, prospects and financial condition.

We believe our ability to finance projects on attractive terms throughout their lifecycle is a competitive advantage, as well as a valuable tool in driving value. On a typical project, we utilize a combination of project-specific construction debt, drawings upon our Warehouse Facility and tax-equity financing to fund construction. In financing a project, we focus on three goals; which include lowering the amount of equity that the project needs from the holding company, lowering the Company’s overall borrowing rate and maintaining flexibility to capture opportunistic financings when the opportunities arise.

To meet our capital requirements in 2022 and 2023, as well as to allow for flexible financings of additional projects, the Company entered into both a note purchase agreement with the Bank of New York Mellon, as first lien collateral agent, intercreditor agent and as the notes agent on December 28, 2021 (the “Slate Note Purchase Agreement”) which subsequently closed in April 2022 and raised $251.7 million, and secured tax-equity investor commitments of $240.0 million, of which $124.0 million was funded in December 2021 and included in restricted cash and released in April 2022 upon reaching Project Substantial Completion (as defined in the Slate Note Purchase Agreement). These financings were secured in anticipation of completing our Slate project situated in Kings County,

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California, which reached Project Substantial Completion in April 2022, with approximately 390 MW of solar capacity and 561 MWh energy storage capacity (the “Slate Project”) that was funded with a project-specific construction loan with total commitments of $453.7 million.

The current projects being constructed in 2023 and beyond are expected to be funded during construction from our Warehouse Facility and New Revolving Credit Facility. As disclosed in Note 7 to our unaudited consolidated financial statements, the Warehouse Facility has total availability of $500.0 million of which only $277.5 million was outstanding as of June 30, 2023. Our New Revolving Credit Facility has a total capacity of $450.0 million, subject to an availability block of $50.0 million that shall be removed upon the Company’s receipt of at least $400.0 million of cash equity contributions (including the approximately $357.0 million received from the January 2023 capital call) and $127.0 million of borrowings were outstanding as of June 30, 2023. As part of the Mercedes-Benz Joint Ventures, we will have capital commitments totaling approximately $557.1 million which are expected to be funded by equity contributions and a debt facility entered into by a wholly owned subsidiary in an amount not to exceed 80% of our AssetCo capital contributions. Our AssetCo capital contributions are guaranteed by OpCo in an amount up to our total capital commitment.

As projects achieve commercial operations, we pay down the construction financing facilities (i.e., Warehouse Facility or specific construction loan depending on the facts and circumstances) with proceeds from tax equity financing and permanent financings that we structure to be long term maturing notes that are self-amortizing over the life of the underlying projects. Payment of the amortization is sourced from the funds generated by the project through operations. Historically, we have been successful in issuing our green bonds with investment grade ratings at issuance. Ratings are not recommendations to buy, sell or hold securities, and they may be revised or revoked at any time at the sole discretion of the rating organization.

Rating of Notes	Fitch	Kroll
GSRP I Senior Secured Notes	BBB
GSRP II Senior Secured Notes	BBB-
Slate Notes		BBB-

We believe that our team’s success in tax equity financings and issuing similar green bonds will continue as we develop the same type of quality projects and portfolios of solar and energy storage facilities.

Uses of Liquidity

Our principal uses of liquidity are (i) investment in the development, acquisition and construction of solar facilities and energy storage systems, (ii) new ventures or investment strategies to support both our operating, under construction and pipeline projects, (iii) working capital requirements, and (iv) distributions to our current equity holders.

Capital Expenditures

For the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, we incurred capital expenditures and asset acquisitions of $130.4 million and $202.1 million, respectively. For the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020, we incurred capital expenditures and asset acquisitions of $550.5 million, $917.5 million and $483.6 million, respectively. During these annual periods, the Company acquired or completed construction on over 1.1 GW of solar and battery storage projects. Based on current construction commitments, we expect to complete the construction of approximately 304 MW during 2023 and 2024, with capital expenditures of up to $221.0 million during 2023 and 2024. We anticipate funding these expenditures from tax-equity providers and long-term financing for the portfolio of assets.

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During construction, we expect to have sufficient liquidity from our Warehouse Facility and the New Revolving Credit Facility to fund these expenditures. As of June 30, 2023, we have incurred an immaterial amount of capital expenditures to develop EV charging projects under the PDA. However, in the future, and subject to mutual agreement with ChargePoint, we may choose to commit more material amounts to EV charging. In connection with the Mercedes-Benz Joint Ventures, we anticipate capital expenditures of up to $161.0 million during 2023 and 2024, which we expect to fund with equity contributions and a debt facility entered into by a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company in an amount not to exceed 80% of our AssetCo capital contributions.

Debt Amortization

The self-amortizing nature of our non-recourse portfolio and project debt provides for the progressive amortization of the outstanding principal by the end of the project’s useful life. In addition to effective risk management and cash flow stability across the portfolio, this results in a natural pay down of our portfolio debt. This pay down of principal results in a systematic de-levering of our projects, benefiting portfolio equity values, and represents a critical aspect of our capital structure. When issuing this debt, we manage our portfolio financings to achieve high credit ratings, increasing the success of our issuances.

For the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, portfolio and project debt amortization payments amounted to $44.5 million and $34.5 million, respectively. For the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020, portfolio and project debt amortization payments amounted to $80.4 million, $60.2 million and $56.9 million, respectively. For the remainder of 2023 and during 2024, we anticipate that portfolio and project debt repayments will total $46.2 million and $99.1 million, respectively. These payments were designed to be funded from the portfolio and project operational cash flows. This design contributed to the high credit rating of these green bond portfolio financings. As we continue to develop and construct similar solar and battery storage projects, we expect to fund these projects with similar debt financings.

Debt

New Revolving Credit Facility

On February 3, 2023, we entered into a revolving credit agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (the “Administrative Agent”), certain lenders party thereto (the “Lenders”) and certain issuing banks party thereto (the “Issuing Banks”) (the “Credit Agreement”). Commitments from the Credit Agreement are made up of revolving loans, swingline loans and letters of credit. Proceeds from the New Revolving Credit Facility will be used to finance our operating and investing activities. The initial aggregate commitments of the New Revolving Credit Facility are $450.0 million. The interest rate of our New Revolving Credit Facility for ABR Loans is the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate, ranging from 0.50% to 0.75% (as each such capitalized term is defined in the Credit Agreement) or for Term Benchmark Loans, will be the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate plus the Applicable Rate, ranging from 1.50% to 1.75% (as each such capitalized term is defined in the Credit Agreement) or for RFR Loans, will be Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR plus the Applicable Rate, ranging from 1.50% to 1.75% (as each such capitalized term is defined in the Credit Agreement). The New Revolving Credit Facility’s maturity date is February 3, 2028. Under the terms of the Credit Agreement, we are subject to various covenants which, among other things, will restrict certain commercial activities; as of June 30, 2023, we are in compliance with those covenants and the financial covenants discussed below. The outstanding balance on the New Revolving Credit Facility is $127.0 million as of June 30, 2023.

The Borrowings are scheduled to mature on February 3, 2028. The Borrowings bear interest either at (i) the sum of the alternate base rate plus the applicable margin or (ii) the sum of the secured

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overnight financing rate (“SOFR”), plus the applicable margin and a credit spread adjustment of ten (10) basis points per annum or (iii) the sum of the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR, plus the applicable margin and a credit spread adjustment of ten (10) basis points per annum.

The New Revolving Credit Facility includes covenants that, among other things, restrict the ability of the Borrower and its subsidiaries, subject to certain exceptions, to incur debt, grant liens, sell or lease assets, dissolve or merge with another entity, enter into transactions with affiliates or restrictive agreements, change their business and/or use the proceeds of any Borrowing in a manner that would violate certain anti-terrorism, anti-money laundering, anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws.

In addition, the Borrower is required to maintain certain specified financial covenants, including maintaining: (i) a leverage ratio of debt to CFADS (as defined in the Credit Agreement) that does not exceed a maximum permitted ratio, determined at the end of each fiscal quarter ending on and after the end of the sixth full fiscal quarter after entering into the Credit Agreement for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ending with the end of such fiscal quarter, (ii) a minimum interest coverage ratio, determined at the end of each fiscal quarter ending on and after the end of the sixth full fiscal quarter after entering into the Credit Agreement and (iii) a debt to invested capital ratio, determined at the end of each of the first five full fiscal quarters after entering into the Credit Agreement. If the Borrower fails to comply with the covenants under the Credit Agreement, the Lenders would have a right to, among other things (but subject to the leverage ratio equity cure contained in the Credit Agreement), terminate the commitments, declare all outstanding loans and accrued interest and fees to be due and payable, require the Borrower to post cash collateral to be held as security for the obligations in respect to the outstanding letters of credit and exercise any other rights available to them pursuant to applicable law.

GSRP I Senior Secured Notes

On January 30, 2020, we entered into a note purchase agreement with MUFG Union Bank, N.A. as first lien collateral agent and MUFG Union Bank, N.A. as the notes agent (the “Note Purchase Agreement”). Pursuant to the Note Purchase Agreement, we issued notes (the “GSRP I Senior Secured Notes”) with an aggregate principal amount of $500.0 million. The interest rate of our GSRP I Senior Secured Notes is 3.77%. The maturity date of the GSRP I Senior Secured Notes is December 31, 2044. The proceeds from the GSRP I Senior Secured Notes were used to retire various debt and finance our operating and investing activities. The GSRP I Senior Secured Notes are collateralized by our equity interests in GSRP Portfolio I LLC, an entity which maintains ownership interests in 374 solar energy facilities with a total nameplate capacity of approximately 597 MW as of June 30, 2023; the collateral is included in the amounts presented in solar energy facilities, net on the consolidated balance sheets. Under the terms of the Note Purchase Agreement, we are subject to various covenants; as of June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, we were in compliance with the covenants.

GSRP II Senior Secured Notes

On October 1, 2021, we entered into a note purchase agreement with MUFG Union Bank, N.A. as first lien collateral agent and MUFG Union Bank, N.A. as the notes agent (the “GSRP II Note Purchase Agreement”). Pursuant to the GSRP II Note Purchase Agreement, we issued notes (the “GSRP II Senior Secured Notes”) with an aggregate principal amount of $597.5 million. The interest rate of our GSRP II Senior Secured Notes is 3.1%. The maturity date of our GSRP II Senior Secured Notes is June 29, 2046. The proceeds from the GSRP II Senior Secured Notes were used to retire various debt and finance our operating and investing activities. The GSRP II Senior Secured Notes are collateralized by our equity interests in GSRP Portfolio II LLC, an entity which maintains ownership interests in 443 solar energy facilities with a total nameplate capacity of approximately 766 MW and battery storage capacity of 201 MWh as of June 30, 2023; the collateral is included in the amounts presented in solar energy facilities, net on the consolidated balance sheets. Under the terms of the

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GSRP II Note Purchase Agreement, we are subject to various covenants; as of June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, we were in compliance with the covenants.

Slate Notes

On December 28, 2021, we entered into the Slate Note Purchase Agreement. Pursuant to the Slate Note Purchase Agreement, the Company issued, with funds received in April 2022, $251.7 million aggregate principal amount of 3.30% (interest rate subject to an escalator based on final Project Substantial Completion) notes (the “Slate Notes”) maturing March 31, 2047. The Slate Notes are collateralized by the Company’s equity interests in GSRP Stanton LLC, an entity which maintains ownership interests in the Slate Project with a total nameplate capacity of approximately 391 MW and battery storage capacity of 561 MWh. Under the terms of the Slate Note Purchase Agreement, we are subject to various covenants; as of June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, we were in compliance with the covenants.

Warehouse Facility

On February 23, 2021, we entered into a credit agreement with MUFG Bank, Ltd. (the “Warehouse Agreement”). Proceeds from the credit facility (the “Warehouse Facility”) are used to finance our operating and investing activities. The size of the Warehouse Facility is $500.0 million. The interest rate of our Warehouse Facility for (i) each Daily Simple SOFR Loan is a rate per annum equal to Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR plus the Applicable Margin; (ii) each Term SOFR Loan is a rate per annum equal to Adjusted Term SOFR for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Margin; and (iii) each ABR Loan is a rate per annum equal to the ABR plus the Applicable Margin. Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR means, for purposes of any calculation, the rate per annum equal to (a) Daily Simple SOFR for such calculation plus (b) the SOFR Adjustment. Adjusted Term SOFR means, for purposes of any calculation, the rate per annum equal to (a) Term SOFR for such calculation plus (b) the SOFR Adjustment. SOFR Adjustment means, (a) for any calculation with respect to a Term SOFR Loan, a percentage equal to 0.10% per annum for a one (1) month Interest Period, 0.15% per annum for a three (3) month Interest Period and 0.25% per annum for a six (6) month Interest Period and (b) for any calculation with respect to a Daily Simple SOFR Loan, a percentage equal to 0.10% per annum for a Daily Simple SOFR Loan with an Interest Payment Date occurring on the last Business Day of a calendar month and 0.15% per annum for a Daily Simple SOFR Loan with an Interest Payment Date occurring on a Quarterly Date (as each such capitalized term is defined in the Warehouse Agreement, as amended). The maturity date of the Warehouse Facility is February 23, 2026. As of June 30, 2023, the Warehouse Facility is collateralized by our equity interests in GSRP Warehouse I LLC, an entity which maintains ownership interests in operational solar energy facilities with a nameplate capacity of approximately 179 MW and a solar energy facility under construction with a nameplate capacity of approximately 147 MW currently under development; the collateral is included in the amounts presented in solar energy facilities, net and construction in progress, respectively, on the consolidated balance sheets. The outstanding balance on the Warehouse Facility is $298.1 million as of December 31, 2022, and $277.5 million as of June 30, 2023. The Warehouse Facility is funded by MUFG Union Bank, N.A., HSBC Bank USA, N.A., and various other lenders. We incur a commitment fee at an annual rate of 0.50% based on the unused portion of the Warehouse Facility.

Project Debt

We have acquired various long-term debt in conjunction with the acquisition of certain operating subsidiaries (the “Project-Level Notes”). The Project-Level Notes are held by project-companies or their parent companies, and are collateralized by the solar energy facilities held by the relevant company, in addition to cash held in debt service accounts and standby letters of credit. As of June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022 and 2021, we had a revolving commitment in the amount of

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$44.5 million, $50.3 million and $42.7 million, respectively, with no borrowings outstanding. Project level entities incur a commitment fee at an annual rate ranging between 0.15% and 0.75% based on the unused portion of the revolving commitment. Under the terms of the Project-Level Notes, we are subject to various covenants; as of June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, we were in compliance with the covenants.

Letters of Credit

We have entered into various letters of credit agreements. As of December 31, 2022, we had letters of credit in an aggregate amount of $338.9 million, and $334.4 million as of June 30, 2023. We incur commitment fees at annual rates of 0.75% to 2.25% based on the value of the issued standby letters of credit. We incur commitment fees at annual rates of 0.15% to 0.75% based on the unused portions of the letters of credit.

Subscription Facility

On February 22, 2018, we entered into a revolving credit agreement with HSBC Bank USA, N.A. (the “Revolving Credit Agreement”). Proceeds from the credit facility (the “Subscription Facility”) were used to finance our operating and investing activities. The Subscription Facility was collateralized by unfunded investor capital commitments; as of December 31, 2021 and 2022 our total unfunded capital investor commitments were $845.8 million and $563.9 million, respectively. As of December 31, 2021 and 2022, the size of the Subscription Facility was $494.0 million and $384.0 million, respectively. The interest rate of our Subscription Facility for (i) SOFR Loans was the Adjusted Term SOFR for the applicable Interest Period plus the Applicable Margin (as each such capitalized term is defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement, as amended) and (ii) for Alternate Base Rate Loans, was the Alternate Base Rate (as each such capitalized term is defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement, as amended). The Subscription Facility is funded by PNC Bank, N.A., BankUnited, N.A., Société Générale S.A., MUFG Union Bank, N.A, and HSBC Bank USA, N.A.. We incur a commitment fee at an annual rate of 0.25% based on the unused portion of the Subscription Facility. We also utilize portions of the Subscription Facility as lines of credit to satisfy various obligations. As of December 31, 2021 and 2022, the unused portion of the Subscription Facility was $407.8 million and $95.8 million, respectively. In February 2023, we fully repaid and terminated the Subscription Facility in connection with our entry into the New Revolving Credit Facility.

Cash Flows

Six Months Ended June 30, 2023 Compared to Six Months Ended June 30, 2023

The following table reflects the changes in cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2023 compared to the six months ended June 30, 2022:

	Six Months Ended June 30,
	2023			2022			Change
	(in thousands)
Net cash provided by operating activities	$	19,481		$	56,618		$	(37,137	)
Net cash used in investing activities	$	(133,432	)	$	(202,080	)	$	68,648
Net cash provided by financing activities	$	137,813		$	9,464		$	128,349

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Net Cash From Operating Activities

Changes to net cash used in operating activities were driven by:

	(in thousands)
Increase in operating income adjusted for non-cash items	$	2,483
Decrease in cash from working capital primarily driven by the timing of accounts receivable, collections and payments of accounts payable		(17,743	)
Net increase in cash paid for interest and taxes		(21,877	)
Total	$	(37,137	)

Net Cash Used in Investing Activities

Changes to net cash used in investing activities were driven by:

	(in thousands)
Decrease in cash used in acquisitions	$	3,171
Decrease in cash used in construction of new projects		68,477
Increase in cash contributed to equity investments		(3,000	)
Total	$	68,648

Net Cash From Financing Activities

Changes in net cash provided by financing activities were driven by:

	(in thousands)
Decrease in net contributions from non-controlling interest members	$	(92,003	)
Increase in net contributions from equity members		356,707
Decrease in net borrowings to acquire and build new solar facilities		(189,524	)
Decrease in dividends paid to members		40,490
Increase in distributions to non-controlling interest members		(687	)
Decrease in buyout of non-controlling interests		19,619
Increase in debt amortization		(9,998	)
Decrease in tax-equity sale-leaseback payments due to buyouts of certain sale-arrangements		3,745
Total	$	128,349

Year Ended December 31, 2022 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2021

The following table reflects the changes in cash flows for year ended December 31, 2022 compared to the year ended December 31, 2021:

	Year ended December 31,
	2022		2021		Change
	(in thousands)
Net cash from operating activities	$	129,655	$	125,760	$	3,895
Net cash used in investing activities	$	(564,016)	$	(902,032)	$	338,016
Net cash from financing activities	$	244,490	$	991,589	$	(747,099)

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Net Cash From Operating Activities

Changes to net cash provided by operating activities were driven by:

	(in thousands)
Increase in operating income adjusted for non-cash items	$	914
Decrease in cash from working capital primarily driven by the timing of accounts receivable Collections and payments of accounts payable		(2,910)
Net decrease in cash paid for interest and taxes		5,891
Total	$	3,895

Net Cash Used in Investing Activities

Changes to net cash used in investing activities were driven by:

	(in thousands)
Increase in cash used in acquisitions	$	(255,979)
Decrease in cash used in construction of new projects		602,434
Decrease in cash from sale proceeds		(8,439)
Total	$	338,016

Net Cash From Financing Activities

Changes in net cash provided by financing activities were driven by:

	(in thousands)
Decrease in net contributions from non-controlling interest members	$	(109,708)
Increase in net contributions from equity members		281,958
Decrease in net borrowings to acquire and build new solar facilities		(833,785)
Increase in dividends paid to members due to increase in funded equity		(3,115)
Increase in distributions to non-controlling interest members		(18,270)
Increase in buyout of non-controlling interests as more buyout options become available		(46,587)
Increase in debt amortization payments partially offset by decrease in tax-equity sale-leaseback payments		(20,609)
Decrease in tax-equity sale-leaseback payments due to buyouts of certain sale-leaseback arrangements		3,017
Total	$	(747,099)

Year Ended December 31, 2021 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2020

The following table reflects the changes in cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2021 compared to 2020:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2021		2020		Change
	(in thousands)
Net cash from operating activities	$	125,760	$	140,763	$	(15,003	)
Net cash used in investing activities	$	(902,032)	$	(567,492)	$	(334,540	)
Net cash from financing activities	$	991,589	$	476,105	$	515,484

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Net Cash From Operating Activities

Changes to net cash provided by operating activities were driven by:

(in thousands)